#9043. Refuting the unfolding-argument on the irrelevance of causal structure to consciousness

August 2026publication date
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Abstract:
According to unfolding argument (UA), if consciousness depends on causal structure, its presence is unfalsifiable (thus non-scientific), as an equivalent FFN structure is behaviorally indistinguishable with regards to any behavioral test. Here I refute UA by appealing to computational theory and cognitive-neuroscience.
Keywords:
Cognitive-control; Consciousness; Neural dynamics; Neural-networks; Recurrent-networks; Temporal perturbations; Unfolding-argument; Universal approximation theorem

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