Consciousness in the predictive mind

该项目旨在为意识的本质提供一种统一的方法。神经科学和哲学仍然无法解释大脑是如何产生我们的有意识体验的。相互竞争的意识理论是零碎的，难以测试和比较，而且大多是在没有太多考虑大脑功能的一般理论的情况下制定的。这个项目采取了一种不同的方法：它预先加载了一种新的、有影响力的大脑功能一般理论，并旨在利用这一理论来确定哪些意识理论可以辩护，哪些可以拒绝。预期的结果是对意识的统一的科学和理论方法，实现对当代神经科学和哲学研究的一个主要领域的更深入和更完整的理解。

The project aims to provide a unified approach to the nature of consciousness. Neuroscience and philosophy are still unable to explain how the brain gives rise to our conscious experience. Competing theories of consciousness are piecemeal, difficult to test and compare, and mostly formulated without much regard to a general theory of brain function. This project takes a different approach: it front-loads a new and influential general theory of brain function, and aims to use this theory to determine which theories of consciousness can be defended and which rejected. The anticipated outcome is a unified scientific and theoretical approach to consciousness, achieving a deeper and more integrated understanding of a major field of contemporary neuroscience and philosophy research.