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A Thermodynamic Approach to the Problem of Consciousness Publisher Pubmed



Beshkar M1
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Source: Medical Hypotheses Published:2018


Abstract

What is the nature of qualia? Why qualia are subjective? This article is an attempt to provide speculative answers to these questions based on what we know about thermodynamics. The proposed answer to the first question is that qualia are self-organized structures built by exported entropy. The proposed answer to the second question is that qualia are subjective because entropy-decreasing phenomena cannot be observed physically. © 2018 Elsevier Ltd
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