2024/03/05 by Johannes Kleiner, Tim A. Ludwig · 2 voices
Neuroscience · #Cognitive Science and Education Research
paper · pdf · doi:10.1007/s11229-024-04503-4
openalex publication_date 2024/03/05 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/23
Abstract Several promising approaches have been developed to represent conscious experience in terms of mathematical spaces and structures. What is missing, however, is an explicit definition of what a ‘mathematical structure of conscious experience’ is. Here, we propose such a definition. This definition provides a link between the abstract formal entities of mathematics and the concreta of conscious experience; it complements recent approaches that study quality spaces, qualia spaces, or phenomenal spaces; and it provides a general method to identify and investigate structures of conscious experience. We hope that ultimately this work provides a basis for developing a common formal language to study consciousness.