摘要 Consciousness is often seen as requiring a specia

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• 日期：2001

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Consciousness is often seen as requiring a special kind of explanation. But the various aspects of self-awareness can presumably emerge when certain levels of complexity are reached in an organism: it is not necessary to assume additional mechanisms or hidden causes. Looking at the most fundamental level, that of elementary particle physics, three principles appear-the conformability of nature to herself, the applicability of the criterion of simplicity, and the utility of certain parts of mathematics in describing physical reality-which are in themselves emergent properties of the fundamental laws of physics. At successive levels, it is the availability of similar 數學 descriptions from related problems that makes the next step appear with simplicity and elegance. Thus, once the concept of

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