IIT implies a form of panpsychism. — Carmelics

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IIT implies a form of panpsychism.

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1.According to IIT, any system with a non-zero φ value possesses some degree of consciousness.
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2.Simple systems such as photodiodes can have non-zero φ values when not part of a larger complex.
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1.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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2.IIT's axioms (existence, intrinsicality, information, integration, exclusion) are stipulated from human conscious experience and cannot be extrapolated to arbitrary physical systems without circularity.
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3.Ned Block's distinction between access and phenomenal consciousness demonstrates that information-processing metrics systematically underdetermine the presence of subjective 'what it is like' states.
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