THEORY OF CONSCIOUSNESS Ed ASSEO Telecoms Engineer PhD Philosophy Epistemology Toward a Science of Consciousness ? Only by calling into question the : Postulate of Objectivity

As long as Science relies on the Postulate of Objectivity Subjectivity will remain outside the scope of science A Theory of Consciousness is necessarily Global It must address: The world of Subjectivity : Consciousness The world of Objectivity : Physics Cf. HEGEL HOW TO DEFINE CONSCIOUSNESS ? Knowledge of being Knowledge of knowledge We start by the feeling of consciousness as defined by :

● Now we have to define : KNOWLEDGE Philosophy : Knowledge in itself > Knowledge for itself The thing as such C The thing for me : £C ● Then we have to formulate : Knowledge of knowledge 1 st Relation of conscience : C(C) = C(£C) ● Then we have to solve this Relation : By using Math. Tools : Hilbert space & Fourier Transform II The spinning coin

The Conscience Relations and Subjectivity Knowledge of knowledge :1 st Relation : C(C) is defined and meaningful Knowledge of being : The concept of Duration (Bergson) “I” is defined at each instant of time : “myself” lasts beyond time C is a function of time : “I” £C is not a function of time :”myself” Donation of sense :£C : what the thing is for me Intentional aiming : (cf. Husserl) The knowledge process projects what the thing is for me onto what the thing is in itself Defined by : Principle of the Brain as the center of Consciousness

The Conscience Relations and Physics Developing mathematically the Conscience Relations leads to the basic laws of modern Physics : Quantum Mechanics Relativity A new paradigm in Physics Today-Physics : There are objects complying to laws Th. of Consciousness : There is the knowledge function complying to : the Conscience Relations

Architecture of the Theory A Theory of Consciousness is global Postulate of Objectivity Relations of Conscience Knowledge Theory (Physics) Conscious Systems (Cognitive Science) The subject Universe A philosophical Interpretation