Higher-Order State Space Theory (HOSS)

A computational HOT where awareness is a higher-order state in a generative model of perceptual contents.

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Higher-Order Theoryframework0.814
A theory of consciousness on which mental states become conscious by being the objects of higher-order states.
Higher-order thought theoryframework0.783
Theory of consciousness where metacognitive representations are necessary for conscious experience.
Higher-Order Theories of Consciousnessframework0.773
Theories requiring metacognition or higher-order representations for consciousness; one of the indicator sets in Butlin et al. 2023.
Order (general mathematical structure of space)concept0.740
A most general system of mathematical structures arising from the nature of space, which has degrees of life.
Higher-Order Representationsconcept0.734
Representations of one's own mental states; associated with consciousness in higher-order theories.
Higher-order Desiresconcept0.733
Desires through which an agent identifies with some first-order desires and repudiates others.
There are plausible views (e.g., global workspace theory, higher-order theory) on which autonomy entails phenomenal consciousness.claim0.732
Tentative conclusion on the autonomy-consciousness link.
This paper provides a complete mathematical synthesis of active inference on discrete state-space models.claim0.722
Self-description of the paper in the abstract.