3 papers
q-bio.NC2023
A Formalizable Proof of the No-Supervenience Theorem: A Diagonal Limitation on the Viability of Physicalist Theories of Consciousness
Cathy M Reason
The no-supervenience theorem limits the capacity of physicalist theories to provide a comprehensive account of human consciousness. The proof of the theorem is difficult to formali…
q-bio.NC2018
A Theoretical Limit to Physicalism: A Non-Technical Explanation of the Gemini Theorem
Catherine M Reason
The Gemini theorem asserts that, given certain reasonable assumptions, no physical system can be certainly aware of its own existence. The theorem can be proved algorithmically, bu…
quant-ph2017
Comment on the paper Quantum mechanics needs no consciousness by Yu and Nikolic (2011)
Catherine M Reason
This is a brief comment on the paper "Quantum mechanics needs no consciousness" by Shan Yu and Danko Nikolic [1]. Yu and Nikolic argue that the "consciousness causes collapse hypot…