论文标题
物理系统作为意识的基础的不可分割性
Non-separability of Physical Systems as a Foundation of Consciousness
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论文摘要
提出了一个假设，即自由程度的不可分割性是物理系统中意识的基本特性。系统中的意识量取决于不可分割性的程度和所涉及的自由度。非相互作用和前馈系统的意识为零，而大多数相互作用粒子系统似乎具有低分离性和意识。相比之下，大脑回路表现出较高的复杂性和弱但紧密协调的相互作用，这些相互作用似乎支持高不可分割性，从而支持高度的意识。该假设适用于经典和量子案例，我们强调了采用Wigner函数（在经典限制中成为Liouville密度函数）的形式主义，是一种表征非分离性的潜在富有成果的框架，因此是系统中的意识量。该假设似乎与综合信息理论和精心策划的客观还原理论一致，并可能有助于调和两者。它为意识量的基础的物理特性提供了自然的解释，并指出了将不可分割性估计为表征意识量的有前途的方法的方法。
A hypothesis is presented that non-separability of degrees of freedom is the fundamental property underlying consciousness in physical systems. The amount of consciousness in a system is determined by the extent of non-separability and the number of degrees of freedom involved. Non-interacting and feedforward systems have zero consciousness, whereas most systems of interacting particles appear to have low non-separability and consciousness. By contrast, brain circuits exhibit high complexity and weak but tightly coordinated interactions, which appear to support high non-separability and therefore high amount of consciousness. The hypothesis applies to both classical and quantum cases, and we highlight the formalism employing the Wigner function (which in the classical limit becomes the Liouville density function) as a potentially fruitful framework for characterizing non-separability and, thus, the amount of consciousness in a system. The hypothesis appears to be consistent with both the Integrated Information Theory and the Orchestrated Objective Reduction Theory and may help reconcile the two. It offers a natural explanation for the physical properties underlying the amount of consciousness and points to methods of estimating the amount of non-separability as promising ways of characterizing the amount of consciousness.
