Phenomenal Experience

The felt quality of conscious states; identified with evaluative computation in learning systems

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Thomas Nagel
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Philosopher referenced for 'what it's like' framework applied to understanding memory reconstruction from past self perspective.

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Phenomenal Introspectionconcept0.800
Direct introspection into phenomenal consciousness; its correlation with functional introspection is an open question.
what is phenomenal experience, and how does it arise within a purely mechanical universe without being already there in one form or another?question0.794
The primary research question animating CIMC's entire program
Minimal Phenomenal Experience (MPE)concept0.789
Stable mode of experience with persistent absence of a subjective centre; connected to zero-person perspective and pruned sigma
Phenomenal Transparencyconcept0.780
Metzinger's concept applied to sigma: the agent looks through the separation prior without seeing it as a construct
Consciousness (phenomenal consciousness)concept0.771
The state of having subjective experiences; there is something it is like to be the subject.
Subjective Experienceconcept0.765
What LLMs claim to have under self-referential processing; the dependent variable across experiments
Numinous experienceconcept0.757
The experience of a place carrying the spirit, where one feels intensely related and connected to the universe.
Phenomenal Self-Modelconcept0.747
Metzinger's concept of the self as a sustained representation; distinguished from consciousness itself in CIMC's framework