Index

Capacities, 113–126

Cartwright, Nancy, 113–116

causal structure, 113–116

consciousness, 113–120

laws, 113, 120–123

neural predisposition of consciousness (NPC), 113–126

nonadditive rest–stimulus interaction, 123–126

spatiotemporal capacities, 123–126

Chalmers, David, 346–348, 392

Clark, Andy, 55–56, 70–71, 127–128, 144–150

Consciousness

attention schema theory (Graziano), 215–219

argument of calibration, 316–331

argument of triviality, 89–90, 188–192, 308–310

body and consciousness, 197–206

body–brain relation, 202–206, 229–233, 235–236

capacities, 113–126

content of consciousness, 127–150

contingency problem, 278–293

disorders of consciousness, 80–82, 106–107

embodiment, embeddedness, extendedness, enactment, 202–206, 229–235

experience or qualia, 321–331

form of consciousness, 151–152, 195–236

Global Neuronal Workspace theory (GNWT), 84–85, 181–183

hard problem of consciousness, 346–348

integrated information theory (IIT), 82–84, 177–179

interaction model of consciousness, 106–125

level or state of consciousness, 105–125

neural correlates of consciousness (NCC), 102–103, 105–106, 112–113

neural predisposition of consciousness (NPC), 102–103, 105–106, 112–113, 113–126, 151–152, 195–236

neuro-ecological continuum, 219–223

ontological correlates of consciousness (OCC), 315–348

ontological predisposition of consciousness (OPC), xviii–xix, 269–270, 278–293

ontology of consciousness, 271–276, 269–313

prediction model of consciousness, 127–150

relation and structure, 271–276

spatiotemporal baseline vs. spatiotemporal frame, 318–321

spatiotemporal calibration, 326–331

spatiotemporal framing of IIT and GNWT, 88–89

spatiotemporal model of consciousness, 269–313, 315–348

spatiotemporal theory of consciousness (STC), 151–193, 195–236

spectrum model of consciousness, 90–91, 97–102

structural realism of consciousness, 269–313

Copernican revolution, xxii–xxiii, 351–376, 377–401, 403–434, 435–437

allo- and ecocentric view, 415–416

“beyond ourselves” and world–brain relation, 403–404

Copernicus, Nicolaus, 351–354, 364–376

definition and concept of Copernican revolution, 377–378

epistemic reference, 370–375, 383–388, 418–426

exclusion of mind as impossible epistemic option, 418–426

“fictional forces” and the rejection of metaphysics, 374–375

geo- vs. heliocentric view, 364–367

God’s-eye view, 390–391

intuition of body, 399–400

intuition of brain, 396–399

intuition of mind, 351–364, 375–376, 388–390, 422–426

intuition of relation, 426–433

logical space of knowledge, 353–364

mento- and ego- and anthropocentric view, 382–383, 415–416

mind as possible or impossible epistemic option, 357–359

neurocentric view, 396–399

ontic location vs. ontic center vs. ontic origin, 369–375, 379–382, 404–407, 413–418, 421–422

physics and cosmology, 364–376

post-Copernican stance in philosophy and neuroscience, 403–434, 435–437

pre-Copernican stance in philosophy and neuroscience, 377–401

spatiotemporal and mereological confusion, 367–369, 381–382, 416–417

vantage point, definition and distinction, 360–364

vantage point from beyond body, 409–413

vantage point from beyond brain, 403–434

vantage point from beyond mind, 407–409

vantage point from within body, 399–400

vantage point from within brain, 396–399

vantage point from within consciousness, 393–396

vantage point from within mind, 379–390

vantage point from within reason, 392–393

vantage point from within vs. beyond earth, 364–376

world–brain problem, 433–434

world–brain relation as possible or impossible epistemic option, 359–360

Default mode network (DMN), 4–5, 31–33, 34–35

Descartes, René, 55, 71–75

Difference-based coding, 42–53

fundamental principle, 42–43, 48–51

Giere, Roland, 48–51

natural statistics, 43–44

stimulus-based coding, 43–48

structural realism, 244–246, 248–253

Fallacies

empirical-ontological fallacy, 248–255, 341–342

empirical-ontological fallacy vs. empirical-ontological plausibility, 248–255

mereological fallacy, 338–339

phenomenological-ontological fallacy, 395–396

Hohwy, J., 5, 55–56, 62–64, 127–128, 144–150

Hume, David, 5

Interaction model of brain, 27–30, 35–42, 51–53, 105–125

additive interaction, 36–38

consciousness, 108–113, 125

nonadditive interaction, 38–41, 45–48, 51–53, 109–112, 123–126

parallelism, 31–35

rest–stimulus interaction, 40–41, 60–62, 108–110

stimulus–rest interaction, 41–42

Intuition

of body, 399–400

of brain, 396–399

of mind, 351–364, 375–376

of relation, 426–433

Kant, Immanuel, viii, xiv, 5, 355–357, 377–378, 392–393, 429–431

Logical space of knowledge, 353–364

Logical space of nature, 428–429

McDowell, J., 353–356, 392, 428–429

Mind and mind–body problem, vii–viii, xi–xxiv, 276–313, 303–304, 351–353, 435–437

exclusion of mind as impossible epistemic option, 418–426

intuition of body, 399–400

intuition of brain, 396–399

intuition of mind, 351–364, 375–376, 388–390, 401, 422–426

intuition of relation, 426–433

mental features vs. mind, vii–viii, 276–278

mind–body problem vs. world–brain problem, 278–293, 293–313

Nagel, Thomas, 278–295, 330–331, 356, 375–376, 400, 432–433

Ontology of brain, 239–240, 242–267

Philosophy of brain vs. philosophy of mind, 239–240

Prediction model of brain, 55–75, 127–150

actual input, 58–60

association of contents with consciousness, 136

brain as closed and self-evidencing system, 62–64

brain as open system, 71–74

contents of consciousness, 127–150

interoceptive sensitivity vs. awareness, 140–146

predicted input, 58–60, 62–64, 136–140

prediction error, 58–60

prediction inference vs. prediction fallacy, 144–148

predictive coding, 55–75, 127–150

rest–stimulus interaction, 60–62

selection of contents in consciousness, 128–136

stimulus-induced activity, 131–132

unconscious processing, 136–140

Spatiotemporal model of consciousness, 269–313, 315–348

argument of calibration, 316–331

argument of location, 339–348

argument of structure, 331–339

complex location, 342–346

experience or qualia, 321–331

mereological fallacy, 338–339

relation and structure, 270–276

simple location, 339–342

spatiotemporal baseline vs. spatiotemporal frame, 318–321

spatiotemporal calibration, 326–331

spatiotemporal directedness, 334–335

spatiotemporal nestedness, 331–334, 417–418

Spatiotemporal theory of consciousness (SIC), 151–193, 195–236

argument of inclusion, 204–206, 234–235

argument of nonspecificity, 171–174

argument of triviality, 89–90, 188–192

body and consciousness, 197–206

body–brain relation, 202–206, 229–233, 235–236

brain’s construction of time and space, 152–153, 154–158

embodiment, embeddedness, extendedness, enactment, 202–206, 229–235

form of consciousness, 151–152

global neuronal workspace theory (GNWT), 181–183

integrated information theory (IIT), 177–179

neural predisposition of consciousness, 158–166, 195–236

neuro-ecological continuum, 219–223

neuronal-phenomenal correspondence, 174–188

report vs. no-report paradigms, 179–181

spatiotemporal alignment of brain to body, 195–206

spatiotemporal alignment of brain to social world, 211–215

spatiotemporal alignment of brain to temporal world, 206–211

spatiotemporal construction vs. expansion, 85–88

spatiotemporal expansion, 174–188, 225–228

spatiotemporal globalization, 181–183

spatiotemporal integration vs. content-based integration, 166–171, 177–179

spatiotemporal mechanisms, 153–155

spatiotemporal nestedness, 158–166, 223–225

world–brain relation, 223–228

world–brain relation vs. brain–world relation, 228–229

Spectrum model of brain, 2–5, 20–24, 100–102, 102–103, 79–103

active model of brain, 4, 16–20, 99–102

consciousness, 90–91, 97–102

definition, 20–21

middle and extreme cases in the spectrum, 21–24

passive model of brain, 3, 7–16, 97–99

Spontaneous activity of brain, xiii–xv

cross-frequency coupling, 91–94, 158–166

definition, 4–5, 6–7, 30–31

game changer in neuroscience and philosophy, 435–437

resting state, 4–5, 6–7, 30–31

scale-free activity (power law exponent), 91–94, 158–166

spatial relation and integration, 95–97

spatial structure, 16–17

spatiotemporal structure, xiii–xvi, 18–20

task-evoked or stimulus-induced activity, 6–7

temporal relation and integration, 94–95

temporal structure, 17–18

Structural realism, 242–267, 269–313, 315–348

argument of individuation, 255–259

argument of time and space, 259–266

difference-based coding, 244–246, 248–253

empirical-ontological fallacy vs. empirical-ontological plausibility, 248–255

moderate structural realism, 243–246

observational time and space, 260–261

relational time and space, 261–263

relation- vs. element-based ontology, 242–243

spatiotemporal spectrum model, 263–264

structural realism and brain, 242–267

structural realism and consciousness, 269–313

threat of logical circularity, 246–248

Time and space, 152–153

argument of, 259–266

construction by the brain, 152–153, 154–158

observational, 260–261

relational, 261–263

spatiotemporal nestedness and directedness, 339–346

spatiotemporal spectrum model, 263–264

Vantage point. See under Copernican revolution

definition and distinction, 360–364

from beyond body, 409–413

from beyond brain, 403–434

from beyond mind, 407–409

from within body, 399–400

from within brain, 396–399

from within consciousness, 393–396

from within mind, 379–390

from within reason, 392–393

from within vs. beyond Earth, 364–376

World–brain problem, vii–viii, xi–xiii, xxiii–xxiv, 293–313, 425–437

argument of triviality, 308–310

brain as subjective or objective, 298–299

brain paradox, 299–300

vs. brain problem and world problem, 346–348

vs. brain–world problem, 304–306

Copernican revolution, 433–434

eliminative materialism, xx–xxi

identity theory, xx–xxi

vs. mind–body problem, 303–304, 351–353

ontological predisposition of consciousness (OPC), 300–301, 311–313

panpsychism or neutral monism, xxi–xxii, 301–303

spatiotemporal vs. mental subjectivity, 293–298

two halves, 306

vs. world–body problem, 307–308

vs. world–brain relation, 310–311

World–brain relation, vii–viii, xvi–xviii, 45, 55, 223–228

brain as open system, 71–74

brain as world-evidencing system, 67–71

brain–world relation, 228–229, 235–236, 331–334

difference-based coding, 45

experience-dependence of spontaneous activity, 64–65

neuro-ecological continuum, 219–223

ontological predisposition of consciousness, 269–313

skepticism, 55, 71–75

statistically based alignment of spontaneous activity to the world, 65–67

stochastically based world–brain relation, 67–71

structural realism, xvii–xviii, 242–267

time and space, 259–266

world–body relation as subset of world–brain relation, 235–236

world–brain problem, 293–313