15 papers
Avoiding Epiphenomenalism in Theories of Consciousness: A Causal Framework Based on Asymmetry
Yoshiyuki Ohmura, Yasuo Kuniyoshi
Why do some physical systems possess consciousness, while others do not? A scientific theory of consciousness must explain differences in system behavior in terms of well-defined i…
Integrated Altruistic and Fairness Preference Induces Advanced Mutual Cooperation in Sequential Social Dilemmas
Yu Wei, Yukiko Ogura, Yoshiyuki Ohmura +3
Inducing cooperation among distributed agents is still a difficult problem in the field of multi-agent reinforcement learning (MARL), particularly in social dilemma situations. The…
Closure of Self-Determining System Based on Causal and Constitutive Relations
Yoshiyuki Ohmura, Earnest Kota Carr, Yasuo Kuniyoshi
A self-determining system is defined as one in which causes originating within the system influence the system itself. This definition raises the question of how to specify system…
Minimal Set of Questions for Theories of Consciousness: Toward a Unified Explanatory Framework
Yoshiyuki Ohmura, Yasuo Kuniyoshi
A central challenge in consciousness research is the lack of agreement on what a theory of consciousness should explain, which makes it difficult to compare existing theories. We p…
Causal Stance
Yoshiyuki Ohmura, Yasuo Kuniyoshi
What is the meaning of physical causal closure? Jaegwon Kim explicitly adopts a conception of causation according to which physical causation is effectively identified with determi…
Unsupervised Learning of Inter-Object Relationships via Group Homomorphism
Kyotaro Ushida, Takayuki Komatsu, Yoshiyuki Ohmura +1
While current deep learning models achieve high performance by learning statistical correlations from vast datasets,which stands in stark contrast to human learning. They lack the…