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A harder problem of consciousness: reflections on a 50-year quest ... frontiersin.org 4 facts
claimEllis and Uzan (2005) stated that light defies classical spatial laws because it always moves at the speed of light, never rests, exists outside time, and maintains the same speed for all observers.
claimAs an object nears the speed of light, time slows down, and at the speed of light, time stops, which suggests that light's motion alters time itself rather than simply moving through space.
claimThe author defines the 'Harder Problem of Consciousness' as the effort to explain space and time in order to securely position the elements needed to describe the Hard Problem of Consciousness, which is characterized as the alchemy of qualia.
claimPhotons experience no passage of time between emission and absorption, meaning no time elapses for a photon during its travel.
Panpsychism (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy/Fall 2015 Edition) plato.stanford.edu May 23, 2001 4 facts
claimGottfried Wilhelm Leibniz's philosophical system downgrades the physical world to a consensual illusion, where matter, space, and time are constructs of mental phenomena.
claimWilliam Clifford (1845-1879) was a mathematician and philosopher whose work on the nature of space and time prefigured Albert Einstein's general relativity.
claimAlfred North Whitehead proposed a metaphysical system that replaces the traditional triad of matter, space, and time with events and the ongoing processes of their creation and extinction as the fundamental nature of the world.
perspectiveGottfried Wilhelm Leibniz viewed space and time as sets of relations among monads, rather than as fundamental entities, suggesting they are non-spatial and non-temporal in their own nature.
Moving Forward on the Problem of Consciousness - David Chalmers consc.net 3 facts
claimDavid Chalmers argues that if conscious experience cannot be explained in terms of more basic entities, it must be considered irreducible, similar to the fundamental categories of space and time.
claimDavid Chalmers notes that the evidence used by physicists to introduce the fundamental categories of space and time is spatiotemporal in nature, just as the evidence for experience is experiential in nature.
claimHut and Shepard postulate a property 'X' that stands to consciousness as time stands to motion, meaning X enables the existence of consciousness in combination with the basic dimensions of space-time.
Panpsychism (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy/Fall 2025 Edition) plato.stanford.edu May 23, 2001 3 facts
claimBarry Dainton critiques panpsychism by noting that for photons, which travel at the speed of light, time does not pass, which challenges the assumption that consciousness is essentially temporal.
claimThe thesis that conscious experience is essentially temporal implies that if time does not exist at the fundamental level of reality, then consciousness cannot exist at the fundamental level of reality.
claimSusan Schneider (2018) notes that in many popular approaches to quantum gravity, neither space nor time are considered fundamental entities.
AI Sessions #9: The Case Against AI Consciousness (with Anil Seth) conspicuouscognition.com Feb 17, 2026 3 facts
claimBiological brains are fundamentally dependent on physical time and embodiment, meaning they cannot function as biological entities if separated from these constraints.
claimThe phenomenology of consciousness is plausibly an intrinsic and inescapable dimension of time.
claimAlgorithms are indifferent to the passage of time, meaning the duration between computational steps does not alter the computation itself.
Is Reality an Illusion? New Theory Challenges Modern Physics scitechdaily.com Mar 1, 2026 2 facts
quoteMaria Strømme stated regarding her theory: "Yes, you could say so. But above all, it is a theory in which consciousness comes first, and structures such as time, space and matter arise afterwards. It is a very ambitious attempt to describe how our experienced reality functions."
claimMaria Strømme, a Professor of Materials Science at Uppsala University, proposes a theoretical model in AIP Advances where consciousness is the fundamental element of reality, from which time, space, and matter arise.
A Mixed-Methods Study of Open-Source Software Maintainers On ... arxiv.org Feb 3, 2025 2 facts
quote“While I prioritize addressing vulnerabilities immediately, balancing this with ongoing development tasks can sometimes be challenging […] There are limited resources and time available to address every reported vulnerability quickly.”
claimLack of time and lack of resources are the most listed challenges for Open Source Software vulnerability management.
KG-IRAG: A Knowledge Graph-Based Iterative Retrieval-Augmented ... arxiv.org Mar 18, 2025 2 facts
claimIn the KG-IRAG knowledge graph construction, time, location, and event status (such as rainfall or traffic volume) are treated as key entities, with time specifically treated as an entity to facilitate retrieval and reasoning.
procedureIn the KG-IRAG experimental setup, all datasets are converted into Knowledge Graphs (KGs) that capture location relationships and temporal records, with time treated as an entity to enhance retrieval capabilities.
Consciousness (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy/Fall 2025 ... plato.stanford.edu Jun 18, 2004 2 facts
claimImmanuel Kant (1787), Edmund Husserl (1913), and subsequent phenomenologists demonstrated that the phenomenal structure of experience is intentional and includes complex representations of time, space, cause, body, self, and the world.
claimImmanuel Kant argued that phenomenal consciousness cannot be a mere succession of associated ideas, but must be the experience of a conscious self situated in an objective world structured by space, time, and causality.
Dualism (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy/Winter 2016 Edition) plato.stanford.edu Aug 19, 2003 1 fact
claimHoward Robinson authored 'Personal identity, self and time', published in 'Mind: its Place in the World. Non-reductionist Approaches to the Ontology of Consciousness' edited by A. Batthany in 2006.
Hallucinogens | Springer Nature Link link.springer.com 1 fact
claimHallucinogens produce changes in mood and affect, and can alter the perception of time, space, and self in ways that typically occur only during dreaming or religious exaltation.
The Conscious Mind - Wikipedia en.wikipedia.org 1 fact
perspectiveDavid Chalmers argues that consciousness is a fundamental law of nature because it is irreducible to lower-level facts, similar to space and time.
Theories and Methods of Consciousness biomedres.us Jan 29, 2024 1 fact
quoteClassical physics is characterized by an unchanging structure of space and time based on unchangeable laws that account for reality, causality, continuity, and locality.
A new theoretical model proposes consciousness as the ... - Facebook facebook.com Nov 25, 2025 1 fact
claimA new theoretical model proposes that consciousness is the fundamental basis of reality, existing prior to time, space, and matter.
Episode 2: The Hard Problem of Consciousness – David Chalmers ... futurepointdigital.substack.com Jul 24, 2025 1 fact
claimDavid Chalmers suggests that consciousness might be a fundamental property of the universe, similar to space, time, or gravity.
(PDF) Language and Consciousness; How Language Implies Self ... academia.edu 1 fact
claimThe authors of the 2017 paper in 'Studies in Logic, Grammar and Rhetoric' argue that concepts such as self, identity, time, place, causality, and purpose cannot be coherently imagined or known without non-definitional alphabets, symbols, and semantic structures.
Not Minds, but Signs: Reframing LLMs through Semiotics - arXiv arxiv.org Jul 1, 2025 1 fact
procedureA pedagogical exercise involving LLMs includes inviting students to annotate or juxtapose an original literary text with a remix generated by an LLM to explore how interpretive perspectives shift the valence of literary themes like death, time, and transcendence.
A Survey on the Theory and Mechanism of Large Language Models arxiv.org Mar 12, 2026 1 fact
referenceThe paper 'Language models represent space and time' (arXiv:2310.02207) is cited in the survey 'A Survey on the Theory and Mechanism of Large Language Models' regarding representation.
Quantum Theory of Consciousness - Scirp.org. scirp.org 1 fact
claimQuantum vibration, also referred to as a wave, is defined as a periodic oscillation extending over space and time, characterized by wavelength, frequency, and amplitude.
Hard problem of consciousness - Wikipedia en.wikipedia.org 1 fact
referenceSteven Pinker wrote 'The Brain: The Mystery of Consciousness' in Time magazine on 29 January 2007.
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claimQuantum consciousness theory is proposed as a potential solution to the mind-body problem, as well as an explanation for the nature of life and the nature of time.
Consciousness as the foundation: New theory addresses nature of ... phys.org Nov 25, 2025 1 fact
referenceMaria Strømme's theoretical framework posits that consciousness is not a byproduct of brain activity, but rather a fundamental field underlying all experience, including matter, space, time, and life itself.
Panpsychism - Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy plato.stanford.edu Jul 18, 2017 1 fact
claimAlfred North Whitehead proposed a radical reform of the conception of the fundamental nature of the world, replacing the traditional triad of matter, space, and time with events and the ongoing processes of their creation and extinction.