The Anthropic Principle for the Evolutionary Biology of Consciousness: Beyond Anthropocentrism and Anthropomorphism
The Anthropic Principle for the Evolutionary Biology of Consciousness: Beyond Anthropocentrism and Anthropomorphism
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10.1007/s12304-022-09474-y
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发表时间：
2022-03-29
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1.6
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Suzuki，Daichi G.
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作者：
Suzuki，Daichi G.
近年来，意识的进化起源一直是一个不断增长的研究领域。尽管如此，关于没有大脑皮层的现象意识是否可能存在，仍然存在激烈的争论。皮质中心论者有一个经验上的优势，因为我们准相信我们人类是有意识的，并且有发达的皮质作为我们意识的部位。然而，他们的偏见可能是一种人择偏见，类似于前达尔文自然史中的以人为中心的偏见。在本文中，我提出了三个基本原则，为意识的进化研究提供概念基础：非唯我论原则，进化原则和人择原则。这些原则共同帮助我们在某种程度上避免唯我论、唯我中心论和拟人论，尽管我们不能完全摆脱它们。此外，与人择原理相关的景观隐喻提供了一个如何获得不同形式的意识的图像。
The evolutionary origin(s) of consciousness has been a growing area of study in recent years. Nevertheless, there is intense debate on whether the existence of phenomenal consciousness without the cerebral cortex is possible. The corticocentrists have an empirical advantage because we are quasi-confident that we humans are conscious and have the well-developed cortex as the site of our consciousness. However, their prejudice can be an anthropic bias similar to the anthropocentric prejudice in pre-Darwinian natural history. In this paper, I propose three basic principles to provide a conceptual basis for evolutionary studies of consciousness: the non-solipsistic principle, the evolution principle, and the anthropic principle. These principles collectively help us to avoid solipsism, anthropocentrism, and anthropomorphism to some degree, although we cannot be completely free from them. Also, the landscape metaphor associated with the anthropic principle provides an image of how different forms of consciousness can be acquired.