Strupp Wolfram
Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Asklepios Fachklinikum Brandenburg, Brandenburg an der Havel, Germany.
Front Neurol. 2024 Oct 18;15:1420676. doi: 10.3389/fneur.2024.1420676. eCollection 2024.
There are various electromagnetic (EM) field theories of consciousness. They postulate an epineural EM field which, due to its binding properties, unifies the different neuronal information differences originating from various sensory and cognitive processes. Only through a real physical integration in space within this field could phenomenal consciousness arise. This would solve the binding problem mentioned in the philosophy of mind. On closer inspection, the electromagnetic interaction not only provides an explanation for the integrative property of the EM field, but also for the necessary differentiating contrasts of information. This article will take a closer look at the physical properties of a postulated EM field. It will also show how the problem of qualia in connection with emergentism could be solved by a new variant of EM field theory. If it can be clearly demonstrated that the postulated epineural EM field plays a decisive role in the origin of consciousness in addition to neuronal "wired" information processing, this also leaves less room for metaphysical assumptions that attempt to solve the binding problem. In experiments to prove the postulated epineural EM field by means of external electromagnetic manipulations, it can never be ruled out that these also have a direct effect on the "wired" neuronal signal processing. Therefore, on the way to proving the EM field theory of consciousness, an experimental method is needed that must ensure that external manipulations only affect the extensions of the EM field without directly influencing the neuronal network. A method will be discussed here that works with the shielding of EM fields instead of external electromagnetic stimuli.
存在各种关于意识的电磁场（EM）理论。它们假定存在一种神经外膜电磁场，由于其捆绑特性，该电磁场将源自各种感觉和认知过程的不同神经元信息差异统一起来。只有通过在这个场域内进行真实的空间物理整合，才会产生现象意识。这将解决心灵哲学中提到的捆绑问题。仔细研究后发现，电磁相互作用不仅为电磁场的整合特性提供了解释，也为信息的必要区分对比提供了解释。本文将更深入地探讨假定的电磁场的物理特性。它还将展示与突现论相关的感受质问题如何通过电磁场理论的一种新变体得到解决。如果能够清楚地证明，除了神经元的“有线”信息处理之外，假定的神经外膜电磁场在意识起源中起决定性作用，那么试图解决捆绑问题的形而上学假设的空间也会更小。在通过外部电磁操纵来证明假定的神经外膜电磁场的实验中，永远无法排除这些操纵也会对“有线”神经元信号处理产生直接影响。因此，在证明意识的电磁场理论的道路上，需要一种实验方法，该方法必须确保外部操纵仅影响电磁场的范围，而不会直接影响神经元网络。这里将讨论一种利用电磁场屏蔽而非外部电磁刺激的方法。
