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Pan-aware Emergence

Pan-aware Emergence. Anand Rangarajan anand@cise.ufl.edu Dept. of Computer & Information Science and Engineering Univ. of Florida. Overview. Phenomenology Meditative phenomenology Pan-aware emergence ontology Ontology of subjects The combination problem

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Pan-aware Emergence

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  1. Pan-aware Emergence Anand Rangarajan anand@cise.ufl.edu Dept. of Computer & Information Science and Engineering Univ. of Florida

  2. Overview • Phenomenology • Meditative phenomenology • Pan-aware emergence ontology • Ontology of subjects • The combination problem • Representation: A probabilistic model • Hierarchical frames • Constraints • Conclusions

  3. Meditative Phenomenology • Mindfulness: Awareness completely focused at center of phenomenon. • One pointedness, no split mind. • Non-referential awareness: Awareness zooms out and is radically decentered. • Pure consciousness event (PCE), nirvikalpa samadhi. • Controversial. • Hindu and Buddhist philosophical schools: longstanding debate over interpretation.

  4. Ontology • Agree with Strawson (JCS, 6:4, 1999): When awareness present, a subject exists. • When I am aware, I am. • Fundamental level: • Subjects. • Intersubjective phenomenal content. • Awareness NOT cognitive. • Reminiscent of pan proto-psychism.

  5. Representation Subjects and intersubjective network modeled as directed graph Phenomenology rides on topology. Connection directions indicate propagation of influence.

  6. The Combination Problem • How does phenomenology add up? • What about awareness of “mid-level subjects” [James 1890, Seager - JCS 2:3]? • Intersubjective phenomenal content at mid-level? • Quantum coherence etc. suggested as objective criteria. • Look at awareness very carefully.

  7. Structure of awareness One-pointedness mode Decentered mode Phenomenological clue to combination problem.

  8. Combination principle? • Awareness binds configuration of lower level subjects • Binding can range from one-pointed focus to a decentered zoomed out focus. • Binding is dynamic: Tacit spacetime assumptions [Rosenberg thesis, 1997]. • Basic idea: Weighted configuration of subjects == Higher-level subject.

  9. Representation Topology connects higher level subject with lower level subjects – possibility space [Rosenberg 1997]. Momentary awareness – weighted combination of lower-level subjects.

  10. Awareness Operator • Awareness operator in configuration space. • Example: Low-level subjects - • Example: Compound subject. • One very simple example shown above. • Higher-level subject: Weighted combination in configuration space. • Phenomenal qualities not present in definition.

  11. Pan-aware emergence • Lower levels have to be probabilistic in order for higher levels to exist. • Emergent properties/laws at higher levels as long as lower levels allow it. • Modeled as a probabilistic (Bayesian?) network [Pearl 2001]. • Higher level imposes further constraints not present at lower levels [Wilber, SES 1995]. • Spacetime issues?

  12. Probabilistic model Interior: compound subjects and intersubjective content. Exterior: probabilistic network, constraints. Higher level subjects are momentary binding via configuration space awareness operator.

  13. Emergent Constraints • Higher-level constraints must be compatible with lower-level constraints. • Emergent laws/properties. • Rule: Coyotes hunt and eat roadrunners. Cheers: Season 2, #14, Overall episode #84. Cliff to Woody, “He wants that particular Roadrunner.”

  14. Why Pan-aware Emergence? • Panpsychism: Biased toward cognition, consciousness. • Pan-experientialism [Griffin]: Problem with language – events, processes, occasions. • Awareness: Somewhat neutral and differentiated from self-awareness. • Emergence: Higher level constraints crucial. • Probabilistic model is basic.

  15. Conclusions • When I am aware, I am. • Combination problem: Clues from phenomenology. • Awareness operator - higher-level subjects. • Distinction between ontology and representation. • No a priori commitment to dual-aspect theory. • Probabilistic hierarchical model with emergent constraints.

  16. Phenomenology • Migraine headaches: Reliable and repeatable phenomena. • Two distinct modes of awareness: • Awareness concentrated at center of migraine. • Awareness detaches and is decentered. • Oscillation between modes. • Loss of awareness.

  17. Intersubjectivity • Hargens’s [JCS, 8:12 (2001)] taxonomy: • Intersubjectivity as spirit. Transcendental. • Intersubjectivity as context: Mesh. • Intersubjectivity as resonance: • Worldspace. Ontological: Empathy, Zelig. • Worldview: Epistemological: Culture. • Intersubjectivity as relationship: • It-It, I-It, I-I.

  18. Representation • Taking van Gulick’s [JCS, 8:9-10] distinction between ontology and representation seriously. • Different from most standard ontologies. Ontology Subjects Intersubjectivity Phenomenal content Compound subject Momentary awareness Representation Objects Relations Properties Part/whole relation Processes

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