Escaping from the IIT Munchausen method: Re-establishing the scientific method in the study of consciousness

Behavioral and Brain Sciences 45 (2022)
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Integrated information theory is an example of “ironic science” and obstructs the scientific study of consciousness. By confusing the ontological status of a method to quantify network complexity with that of a theory of consciousness, IIT has to square the circle and spirals toward its panpsychism conclusion. I analyze the consequences of this fallacy and suggest how the study of consciousness can be brought back into the realm of rational, empirical science.

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