Awareness - An Operational Theoretical Approach

Explore an operational theoretical approach to awareness in this conference talk. Delve into the possibility of making definite theoretical assertions about awareness, including potential experimental falsification. Examine awareness as a manifestation of a special kind of "information" formalized as an operational probabilistic theory (OPT). Investigate the concept of awareness as "the feeling of the process" experienced by OPT-systems. Consider the implications of awareness as private information, leading to the exploration of non-classical OPTs, particularly quantum theory. Learn about the OPT framework, its methodological robustness, and postulates ensuring experimental control and falsifiability. Compare postulates of relevant OPTs and understand mathematical definitions of concepts such as holism, causality, complementarity, purification, and information privacy. Examine the hypothesis of "awareness as quantum coherence," its motivations, consequences, and potential experimental tests in cognitive sciences, including the evaluation of qubits involved in awareness, the existence of complementary observables, and violations of local-realism bounds.