Abstract
Neuroscience and physics have progressed far enough that the explanatory gap between models of matter and the substance of perceptual experience is tantalizingly close to being bridged, at least insofar as consciousness is produced by the brain. This paper aims to describe the basics of how signals are transmitted within neurons via electromagnetic energy fluctuations, how EM fields emergent from these energy flows manifest as the subconscious and an experience of willed agency, as well as how the quantum principles which both EM radiation and atomic structure abide combine them to form percepts from electromagnetic matter. This might be the most promising option yet for fashioning a physical paradigm that theorizes consciousness.
Highlights
Neuroscience and physics have progressed far enough that the explanatory gap between models of matter and the substance of perceptual experience is tantalizingly close to being bridged, at least insofar as consciousness is produced by the brain
This paper aims to describe the basics of how signals are transmitted within neurons via electromagnetic energy fluctuations, how EM fields emergent from these energy flows manifest as the subconscious and an experience of willed agency, as well as how the quantum principles which both EM radiation and atomic structure abide combine them to form percepts from electromagnetic matter
In 1983, philosopher Joseph Levine proposed that an explanatory gap exists between comprehension of the physical world and consciousness [1]
Summary
In 1983, philosopher Joseph Levine proposed that an explanatory gap exists between comprehension of the physical world and consciousness [1]. Matter as we know it is discrete, deterministic, tangible to the organic body, while the mind seems more indivisible, fluid, spontaneous, fleeting, closer to a holistic entity operating unobstructed by natural law than an aggregate of mechanistic parts. He asserted that this chasm between subjectivity and objectivity, anticipated during the early 20th century by Bertrand Russell in his proposed distinction of “knowledge by acquaintance” from “knowledge by description” [2], will be impossible to resolve with scientific theorizing. The quantum principles of matter and brain structure are presented, including a possible mechanism by which EM radiation emanating from regions of accelerating electric charge interacts with molecular structure to form the substance of many image and feel percepts
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