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    Challenges→IIT implies a form of panpsychism.

    A non-zero φ value measures integrated information, a mathematical property, which need not entail phenomenal experience without a bridging principle.

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    • 1.Mathematical properties (symmetry, complexity) exist independently of consciousness in physical systems.
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    • 2.IIT's φ measurement describes information dynamics without assuming any causal link to subjective states.
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    • 3.A bridging principle is logically necessary to connect any physical metric to phenomenal properties.
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    • 1.IIT was explicitly designed to measure consciousness; divorcing φ from experience undermines its theoretical purpose.
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    • 2.If φ has no phenomenological relevance, why measure integration specifically rather than other mathematical properties?
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    • 3.Requiring an additional bridging principle makes φ explanatorily idle without independent justification for that principle.
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