Building the Blocks of Being
The Attributes and Qualities Required for Consciousness
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 22134359 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Izak Tait (0000-0002-0274-8480, University of Auckland, corresponding author), Joshua Bensemann (0000-0002-1301-4861, University of Auckland), Trung Nguyen (0000-0002-7550-6917, The NAOInstitute, The University of Auckland, Auckland 1023, New Zealand), Trung B Nguyen (0000-0002-1990-8647, University of Auckland) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 8 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 52 |
| Publication date | 2023-06-22 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Philosophies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2409-9287 • E-ISSN: 2409-9287 |
| Publisher | MDPI AG (PUBLISHER • IT) |
| DOI | 10.3390/philosophies8040052 |
| OpenAlex | W4381799626 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 78 |
For consciousness to exist, an entity must have prerequisite characteristics and attributes to give rise to it. We explore these “building blocks” of consciousness in detail in this paper, which range from perceptive to computational to meta-representational characteristics of an entity’s cognitive architecture. We show how each cognitive attribute is strictly necessary for the emergence of consciousness, and how the building blocks may be used for any entity to be classified as being conscious. The list of building blocks is not limited to human or organic consciousness and may be used to classify artificial and organisational conscious entities. We further explore a list of attributes that seem intuitively necessary for consciousness, but on further investigation, are neither required nor sufficient. The building blocks do not represent a theory of consciousness but rather a meta-theory on the emergence and classification of consciousness
Artificial consciousness · Cognition · Cognitive architecture · Cognitive psychology · Cognitive science · Consciousness · Epistemology · Social consciousness · Computer Science · Embodied and Extended Cognition · History · Philosophy · Psychology · Architecture · Artificial Intelligence
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| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2025 - 2025 (1) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |