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The function(s) of consciousness: an evolutionary perspective frontiersin.org Nov 25, 2024 6 facts
claimThe embodied cognition counterpart to the claim that phenomenal consciousness has intrinsic value is that phenomenal consciousness embodies meaning.
perspectiveThe author proposes that endowing experience with meaning is a serious contender for explaining why consciousness evolved and why it was elaborated further in brains like those of humans.
referenceEmbodied cognition theory posits that encoding a memory to incorporate information on valence embodies meaning about the real-life experience that generated that memory.
referenceJohnson (2017) argues that human bodies give rise to understanding, meaning, and reason in the context of the embodied mind.
perspectiveAn alternative perspective on the function of consciousness focuses on 'meaning' rather than mechanistic considerations, which may explain both the initial emergence of consciousness and its subsequent expansion and elaboration.
claimMeaning is encoded in two distinct time scales and locations: real-time memories of past experience and evolutionary-time genomic instructions for assembling the neural circuitry that produces qualia.
Non-physicalist Theories of Consciousness cambridge.org Dec 20, 2023 3 facts
perspectiveWillard Van Orman Quine and Saul Kripke conclude that there are no determinate facts about meaning because they believe neither physical nor mental facts can determine meaning.
perspectiveSome philosophers argue that if physical facts do not determine facts about meaning, then facts about meaning must be regarded as non-physical.
claimThe 'epistemic gap' argument posits that intentional facts about meaning cannot be deduced from or explained by physical facts alone.
Moving Forward on the Problem of Consciousness - David Chalmers consc.net 3 facts
perspectiveDavid Chalmers is becoming more sympathetic to the view that consciousness is the primary source of meaning, potentially grounding intentional content in phenomenal content.
claimDavid Chalmers asserts that the concept of meaning is nearly as difficult and ambiguous as the concept of consciousness.
claimFrancis Crick and Christof Koch suggest that focusing on "meaning" is a promising starting point for addressing the hard problem of consciousness.
Quantum Approaches to Consciousness plato.stanford.edu Nov 30, 2004 2 facts
referenceGabora and Aerts (2002) described the way in which concepts are evoked, used, and combined to generate meaning depending on contexts.
claimThe dual-aspect approaches of Pauli-Jung, Eddington-Wheeler, and Bohm-Hiley utilize the concept of meaning to interpret correlations between the mental, physical, and psychophysically neutral domains of reality.
Naturalized epistemology - Wikipedia en.wikipedia.org 1 fact
claimW. V. O. Quine concludes that studies of scientific knowledge concerned with meaning or truth fail to achieve the Cartesian goal of certainty, noting the failure of those in or sympathetic to The Vienna Circle to reduce mathematics to pure logic.
Quantum Approaches to Consciousness plato.stanford.edu Nov 30, 2004 1 fact
claimHarald Atmanspacher suggested in 1997 that 'meaning' might serve as a relevant informational currency for mind-matter relations, potentially acting as an alternative to syntactic information.
Understanding LLM Understanding skywritingspress.ca Jun 14, 2024 1 fact
referencePezzulo, G., Parr, T., Cisek, P., Clark, A., & Friston, K. (2024) published 'Generating meaning: Active inference and the scope and limits of passive AI' in Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 28(2), 97–112.
How Enterprise AI, powered by Knowledge Graphs, is ... blog.metaphacts.com Oct 7, 2025 1 fact
procedureThe 'decision transformation' process for business intelligence follows a predictable journey consisting of three steps: (1) Data + context = information, (2) Information + meaning = knowledge, (3) Knowledge + action = decision.
Epistemological Problems of Testimony plato.stanford.edu Apr 1, 2021 1 fact
referenceStephen Schiffer explores the nature of meaning in his 2003 book 'The Things We Mean', published by Oxford University Press.
David Chalmers Thinks the Hard Problem Is Really Hard scientificamerican.com Apr 10, 2017 1 fact
claimDavid Chalmers suggests that consciousness is the key to the human sense of meaning, acting as a mechanism that transforms brain and body activity into meaning.
A Survey of Incorporating Psychological Theories in LLMs - arXiv arxiv.org 1 fact
referenceStevan Harnad defined the 'symbol grounding problem' in his 1990 paper, which discusses how symbols in a formal system acquire meaning.
Not Minds, but Signs: Reframing LLMs through Semiotics - arXiv arxiv.org Jul 1, 2025 1 fact
referenceUmberto Eco's 1976 book 'A Theory of Semiotics' establishes a foundational theory for the study of signs and meaning.
Epistemology - Wikipedia en.wikipedia.org 1 fact
referenceRamesh Chandra Pradhan authored the book 'Mind, Meaning and World: A Transcendental Perspective', published by Springer Nature Singapore in 2019.