2 Features and clues of consciousness
2 Features and clues of consciousness
Features and clues of consciousness
Consciousness doesn't work with energy (Important)
Consciousness is the subject (me) adopting the first person (Super-important)
The movement of a living body comes under autopoiesis (Super-important)
An indirect but objective evidence of the emergence of intelligence and a point of contact between idea and matter (Super-important)
《 Features and clues of consciousness 》
Consciousness is elusive and strange, but it's not that there are no features which could be clues to look for.
It cannot be demonstrated whether ot not others are provided with consciousness. It seems impossible. However, for one's own subjective consciousness, it's obvious that one's own self is provided with consciousness and one's own self is consciousness itself. (For each of us, the judgement is undeniable). Moreover, it seems that physical observation or measurement of consciousness is almost impossible, but one's own consciousness can be observed subjectively oneself.
So, even though it's not yet known now what it is, it's judged that one's own consciousness exists in this physical world of this universe --or, is formed transitorily as a physical phenomenon-- (while one is awake and consciousness emerges).
For example, the physical phenomenon of wind is formed from air, and it's conceivable that consciousness is formed and exists as such a passive, dynamic, and transitory thing.
Features and clues of consciousness (based on subjectivity) are as follows.
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A) Superficial impressions
B) Consciousness is probably physical
C) Consciousness is a physical phenomenon
D) Consciousness is some physical order
E) Subjective consciousness seems to emerge in a substance called brain
F) Consciousness seems to emerge in living things
G) Consciousness is physical
H) Consciousness wears double aspects
I) Sensation
J) Thoughts
K) Consciousness is integrate and big (Important)
L) The quality of consciousness is microscopic (Important)
M) Consciousness seems to be actions (Important)
N) Humans and animals appear to move based on thoughts (Important)
O) Consciousness doesn't work with energy (Important)
P) Consciousness is the subject (me) adopting the first person (Super-important)
Q) The movement of a living body comes under autopoiesis (Super-important)
R) An indirect but objective evidence of the emergence of intelligence and a point of contact between idea and matter (Super-important)
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A) Superficial impressions
- Consciousness is sentient and mental.
- Consciousness is elusive.
B) Consciousness is probably physical
- As a subjective fact, one's own consciousness emerges on the earth --the physical world of this universe--.
From this, it's guessed that consciousness emerges within the framework of physics in this universe and that consciousness is probably physical. Presumably, consciousness is inside the field of vision of physics.
C) Consciousness is a physical phenomenon
- Consciousness emerges when one wakes up and disappears when one sleeps.
- Consciousness continues in the lapse of time while emerging.
- Consciousness fluctuates while emerging.
In this universe, what changes while continuing in the lapse of time is a physical phenomenon. Consciousness might be an (extremely peculiar) physical phenomenon.
D) Consciousness is some physical order
- Consciousness seems to be some physical order
This cannot be explained well, but consciousness seems to be some physical order. Consciousness is never disorder or chaos. Furthermore, consciousness seems to be an advanced physical order. And, because of the second law of thermodynamics that entropy increases, an advanced physical order can never emerge naturally, unless there is some physical basis. Some physical requirements must be met in order for an advanced physical order to emerge. Thereby consciousness also seems to emerge when some physical requirements are met.
E) Subjective consciousness seems to emerge in a substance called brain
- From the knowledge or researches by medical science, neuroscience, pharmacology and so on, it's judged that at least subjective consciousness emerges in the substance called brain.
For example, when a brain is damaged by an illness or injury, it directly affects a person's consciousness (personality). In addition, a person's consciousness is also affected by psychotropic drugs which act on the brain. From this, it seems that the subjective consciousness of a person definitely emerges in a substance called brain.
F) Consciousness seems to emerge in living things
- (There is no basis, but) consciousness seems to emerge in living things.
- (There is no basis, but) consciousness seems to emerge firstly in such an integrate living body as a microorganism, a single-celled organism, or a cell.
There is no basis, but it's surmised that there is a key of emergence of life and consciousness in some biochemical process done by using oxygen inside a microorganism, a single-celled organism, or a cell. And, production of entropy and reduction of entropy production rate seem to be the key. This is because entropy is deeply related to physical order.
G) Consciousness is physical
- Consciousness can feel the five senses.
- Consciousness can perceive the body and external world.
- Consciousness can understand 3-dimensional space.
- (Consciousness can feel the flow of time).
- (Humankind and animals appear to move basing on thinking).
These things imply that there is a point of contact somewhere between consciousness and matter (in a broad sense) and that consciousness is physical.
(That consciousness is physical can also be derived from thinking and muscular movements, but it's not simple).
H) Consciousness wears double aspects
- Consciousness seems to wear double aspects of mentality and physicality because of being physical.
Thereby, it seems good to start from matter to look for consciousness.
I) Sensation
- Consciousness can feel the five senses.
A sense is an idea. So, to look for consciousness, it may be nice if anything that is likely to bring senses which are ideas or a bodily sensing function is looked for (in matter).
However, it may be difficult that such a thing is found in a macroscopic world where ordinary (macroscopic) laws of physics are applicable to. This is because matter in a macroscopic world is fundamentally a mere trace, static physical properties, and a third person object. A macroscopic world is fully a world of third person objects.
And the sensaation is a function inherent in a first person subject. (By the bye, unlike substances, consciousness (alone) is a first person subject in a macroscopic world). It seems impossible that matter, which is a mere trace and a third person object, feels a subjective thing of sensation. It's difficult to expect that a strange thing called consciousness emerges for nothing in a macroscopic world of third person objects.
So it may be good if consciousness is looked for in the microscopic world of matter.
J) Thoughts
- Consciousness can feel thoughts.
Thoughts are ideas and senses are also ideas. Though the aspect or quality are fundamentally distinct, like the five senses (bodily sensation), a thought also seems to be a sense. (And, it seems that the movement itself of the thinking action (which is presumed to be equipped in consciousness) or something like its shadow is felt by consciousness as a sense of thought. (The movement of an action also could be evaluated as a shadow of an action). Thereby, the sense of thought dissppears when the movement ends).
So, to look for consciousness, it may be nice if anything that is likely to bring thoughts which are ideas or a thinking function is also looked for in the microscopic world of matter.
By the way, the program is a thing which semantically deals with ideas at data inputting, converting, and outputting and, consciousness, in a sense, fairly resembles the program. Sensation corresponds to the data inputting and thinking corresponds to the converting. And, judging from the fact that humans and animals are presumed to move based on thinking, it seems that there also is output --transmission of thought outcome (thoughts, information) to the constituent substances of the living body-- from consciousness. (However, this doesn't necessarily mean that much as consciousness directly moves (substances of) the living body. This means only the transmission of information. And, the transmission of information is an ideological physical event, not material).
K) Consciousness is integrate and big (Important)
- Consciousness can perceive at once many senses (bodily sensation) and thoughts (senses of thought) which occur in a broad area of the brain.
Though it's just a subjective or empirical fact, this implies that consciousness may be united, integrate, comprehensve, and big.
By the way, that something is formed as a quantum is proof of unity, integrateness, and comprehensiveness. In this universe, what has unity, integrateness, and comprehensiveness as a single physical entity is a quantum only. Accordingly, there is a possibility that consciousness is like an (extremely peculiar) quantum. This may be a big clue.
L) The quality of consciousness is microscopic (Important)
- The existential mode of consciousness is extremely peculiar.
- (Probably), consciousness is intangible.
- (Probably), observation or measurement of consciousness is difficult or impossible.
- It seems that consciousness cannot be grasped by ordinary laws of physics. Consciousness may be outside of ordinary laws of physics. (Actually, consciousness is not yet explained by physics).
However, one (which is said as) to which ordinary laws of physics do not apply exists actually. That is the microscopic world of elementary particles.
Then, if we limit ourselves to only such a thing, it seems that the existential modes of consciousness and elementary particles (quanta) are similar. In short, while consciousness may be physical, the quality of it may be microscopic.
This may also be a big clue. It's because the existential mode of consciousness is extremely peculiar, and, except for quanta, we cannot find anything else like that.
M) Consciousness seems to be actions (Important)
- Consciousness seems to have the bodily sensing action and the thinking action.
- Consciousness seems to consist of the bodily sensing action and the thinking action.
- Consciousness roughly seems to be actions.
The bodily sensing action and the thinking action do not operate entities but fulfill ideological work. So, consciousness roughly seems to be a type of action which fulfills ideological work.
And an action cannot be formed from nothingness. An action necessarily needs to be formed from some entities --physical things, material things, ultimately energy--.
And, since the bodily sensing action, the thinking action, and consciousness are actions, these seem to be some entities which are embodied by energy. It is conjectured that consciousness needs to be formed from at least material things.
N) Humans and animals appear to move based on thoughts (Important)
- Humans and animals appear to move based on (the five senses and) thoughts
It is an undeniable, subjective fact for one's own self that one's own self is consciousness. And, it's also an undeniable fact for one's own self that one's own self seems to act based on thoughts that occur in its consciousness.
And, if this thing is simply interpreted, it follows that there is a point of contact between thinking or thoughts and a substance of one's own body, and it follows that, (at the output side of consciousness), consciousness, thinking, and thoughts are physical. (However, thoughts may be but something like a shadow of the movement of physical thinking action, not physical, but ideological).
However, this thing needs to be investigated carefully. This is because there is a great gap between thoughts that occur in the subjective consciousness emerged in the brain and the movement of the body. Moreover, because there is also a possibility that thinking is not done in consciousness, but done quite materially by the substance of the brain. (In this case, it's an epiphenomenon that thoughts are sensed by consciousness).
However, it may be reckless that consciousness that emerges in an enormously great organ of the brain is thought of. Rather, it may be nice if the investigation will be started from cells. This is because, even though a cell doesn't have a brain, it fulfills autopoiesis. And, because autopoiesis cannot do without comprehensive information gathering, design (programming), or communication. These are ideological events and equivalent to bodily sensation and thinking.
《 Consciousness doesn't work with energy (Important) 》
O) Consciousness doesn't work with energy (Important)
This is very difficult to understand, but it's also one of the features and clues of consciousness.
- Consciousness doesn't seem to work with energy.
- Consciousness may be of the same quality with matter actions.
This cannot be said clearly, but, unlike ordinary things, our consciousness doesn't seem to work with energy. And, since ordinary (macroscopic) physical events which move owing to energy are ruled by the ordinary laws of physics, also in respect of this, our consciousness seems to be things to which the ordinary laws of physics do not apply. (In short, consciousness may be microscopic as expected).
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1) The (macroscopic) change of consciousness is like the playback of a video
2) The instantaneous bodily sensation and senses of thought are stationary, the driving force for the macroscopic movement of consciousness is in the outside of consciousness, and consciousness is a passive physical phenomenon which macroscopically doesn't move on its own
3) The instantaneous senses of consciousness arise without using energy
4) Internal actions inherent in matter do not need energy
5) Internal actions inherent in matter are the true identity of matter
6) Like the operation of matter actions, senses which arise in consciousness are generated moment by moment
7) There are two types of movement
8) The movement (operation) of matter actions are instantaneous
9) Every movement (on the macroscopic level) in the lapse of time is driven by external force and energy and is passively and continuously formed with instantaneous matter actions operating always as components
10) Instantateous actions inherent in matter continue to operate always
11) The action of consciousness doesn't require time (and energy)
12) Consciousness in an idling state is empty
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1) The (macroscopic) change of consciousness is like the playback of a video
First of all, such ideas as bodily sensation and thoughts which are felt by consciousness appear to change (move) always. However, this can be same as the video.
Each of many exposures which form the video is stationary, but if they are played continuously, there arises motion. And, this motion is not caused by the exposures themselves, but brought by the playback equipment. In short, the driving force for the video's motion is not equipped in the exposures but in the playback equipment (which moves by energy).
2) The instantaneous bodily sensation and senses of thought are stationary, the driving force for the macroscopic movement of consciousness is in the outside of consciousness, and consciousness is a passive physical phenomenon which macroscopically doesn't move on its own
And, it's conceivable that, in consciousness, the formation of a momentary bodily sensation or sense of thought is finished every moment (without time), and a instantaneous sense and thought are stationary. And movements could be brought by macroscopic physical events at a living body which is the base to form consciousness. It's because it seems that, even if instantaneous ones are stationary, if they are formed continuously, the whole can be mistaken by subjective consciousness as if they are moving spontaneously.
(By the way, such a movement (change) in a lapse of time may bring self-awareness of senses by consciousness which is a first person subject. Or, such a thing itself may become self-awareness of itself by consciousness which is a first person subject).
That is to say, it can be that the driving force which brings macroscopic impression that consciousness (= bodily sensing action + thinking action) is moving always is not borne by consciousness itself. The driving force for the macroscopic movement of consciousness may be energy --external energy outside of consciousness-- which is consumed in the physical event such as metabolism, etc. in a living body which is the foundation of consciousness.
This means that big (macroscopic) consciousness which is a first person subject doesn't move spontaneously itself. (Basically, actions inherent in matter are first person subjects). Consciousness may be passive in the passage of time. It may be that consciousness is only formed naturally and heteronomously as a concomitant and subsidiary result, inside a living body, through performing macroscopic physical events which are driven by energy, and is made to move passively. Our consciousness can be a creature and doesn't move on its own.
(This also suggests implicitly that there is no free will. This is because if it's a mere creature which cannot move on its own, it can by no means have free will).
In other words, it may be that the macroscopic movement of consciousness in the passage of time only occurs passively, accompanying the movement of quite physical events at the base of a living body, (like playing a video). This is difficult to understand, but consciousness may macroscopically be a passive physical phenomenon.
(By the way, from this thing, epiphenomenolism is thought of. Epiphenomenolism somehow seems to be right, and in part it may be so).
3) The instantaneous senses of consciousness arise without using energy
However, here, then, it is questioned how each stationary and momentary bodily sensation and senses of thought of consciousness occur. This is very important. It's because senses seem not at all to be able to occur without grounds. It seems that, in order for the strange things of senses (ideas) to be able to occur, a considerable amount of ground is needed.
And, it seems that the ability to make the strange things of senses occur is not equipped to macroscopic physical events such as metabolism and so on in a living body. Macroscopic things are results, static physical properties, and scalars brought by microscopic actions inherent in matter, are morphological traces, and are stiff. It's unbelievable, but every macroscopic thing is actually stiff. And, it seems that such a thing can never give rise to strange things of senses. Senses should not be brought about by stiff macroscopic results and in such a framework, but should arise exactly in consciousness without consuming energy.
4) Internal actions inherent in matter do not need energy
And, what do not work with energy exist actually. Those are the internal actions inherent in matter such as the fundamental interactions. The internal actions inherent in matter continue to work completely spontaneously, independently, and actively in the microscopic space inside matter, without receiving the supply of energy from the outside and without taking rest.
5) Internal actions inherent in matter are the true identity of matter
And, those internal actions inherent in matter are the real true identity of matter. Those actions make matter matter. And, it seems that matter actions are directly embodied by energy. So to speak, it can be said that matter actions are energy itself, and energy works directly inside matter and make matter matter. Thereby, matter actions themselves may not consume energy.
(Whatever action it is, and whatever action will appear through emergence, the essence of energy may be an action which performs some dynamic working).
And it seems to be impossible to observe actions directly. It's because, even though observation is tried, only morphological traces (static physical properties, scalars) of matter as results of the working of actions are obtained.
Matter at a macroscopic level, what is called substance, is a morphological trace gained as a result through the working of matter actions inside matter. What is called substance is actually static physical properties observed in observation --observation is to see or to touch in a broad sense. in this sense, living things always continue to observe-- and is a rigid scalar.
(Everything that is physically observed is a trace. Only traces that are left by the working of matter actions (= true identity of matter) throught some fundamental interactions can be physically observed).
On the other hand, it can be said that matter actions which continue to operate spontaneously, independently, and actively inside matter are vectors.
Simply put, it can be said that matter has "scalar (at a macroscopic level)-vector (at a microscopic level) duality" or "passivity (at a macroscopic level)-activeness (at a microscopic level) duality".
6) Like the operation of matter actions, senses which arise in consciousness are generated moment by moment
And, it seems that, like matter actions, energy is not consumed in consciousness itself, and each exposure of senses is produced immediately every moment without consuming energy.
That is to say, to begin with, in principle, it's impossible to ask consciousness by saying, "I will supply you energy, so move". It's because energy is not consumed in consciousness itself. Before that, consciousness which is formed (macroscopically) and exists there is itself the energy itself which acts spontaneously and independently, and, internally (microscopically), acts spontaneously, independently, and actively always instantaneously. The movement of consciousness doesn't need time but is completed every moment.
7) There are two types of movement
In other words, it seems that there are two types of movement. The first is an instantaneous (microscopic) movement which doesn't require time and energy. The second is a diachronic (macroscopic) movement which is driven by energy in the lapse of time.
8) The movement (operation) of matter actions are instantaneous
To begin with, the operation (working) of matter actions corresponds to the first movement. It seems that probably no time is required for the operation of matter actions. (And energy is also unnecessary). The matter actions are completed immediately (without energy). (Or, it may take as much time as Planck time (5.4 * 10**(-44) second)).
The movement of matter actions is an instantaneous movement of matter at a microscopic level inside matter.
And, since the movement of matter actions is completed instantaneously, if it is appraised in the lapse of time, it's like a photo or an exposure of video.
9) Every movement (on the macroscopic level) in the lapse of time is driven by external force and energy and is passively and continuously formed with instantaneous matter actions operating always as components
And, every movement (which is driven by energy) at a macroscopic level in the lapse of time corresponds to the second movement. Every movement in the lapse of time is passively and continuously formed (driven by energy) from the continuous occurrence of matter actions which are completed instantaneously (without energy).
This is like playback of a video which is formed by a large number of expotures.
This second movement is a diachronic (macroscopic) movement which is driven by energy in the lapse of time.
10) Instantateous actions inherent in matter continue to operate always
And, matter actions continue to operate withoug coming to a halt. In other words, the movements of matter actions, which are completed instantaneously, are endlessly repeated in the passage of time without coming to a halt, (whether or not they bring concrete (macroscopic) movements to matter).
The fact that matter actions continue to move --or, are alive always-- is a bit like the power of an electric appliance is turned on and various functions are in a standby state.
In such an electric appliance, if some function is started by a human being, the function immediately start concrete processing.
Such a form looks like the fundamental interactions bring concrete (macroscopic) movements of matter only after the exchange of gauge bosons.
However, for example, like the radiation of gauge bosons or the thermal radiation, many of other matter actions seem to continue --repeat-- always the working which is completed instantaneously.
11) The action of consciousness doesn't require time (and energy)
And, it is judged that consciousness is moving over time, but every movement in the lapse of time (at a macroscopic level) is formed passively and continuously from the continuous occurrence of instantaneous matter actions. Thereby, like matter actions, probably, carrying out actions of consciousness --bodily sensing action and thinking action-- also doesn't require time (and energy). For this reason, it seems that each exposure of senses --bodily sensation and thoughts-- is immediately screened (perceived) at the same time as its generation moment by moment while consciousness is formed.
(It seems that the fundamental cause which brings the macroscopic movement of consciousness is (the generation of heat caused by) the continuation of intermittent occurrence of physical events --various metabolism-- (and the discharge of it to the outside of a living body) at a living body).
So, if an extrinsic input caused by some external physical event is entered, exposures of senses fitting for it are immediately formed and screened for a while. However, if input is not entered, immaculate senses like new drawing papers continue to be generated and screended one after another.
(It seems that the driving force for the macroscopic movements of consciousness in the passage of time is the diachronic occurrence of macroscopic physical events in a living body. The macroscopic physical events are the playback equipment of consciousness. There flows time in this universe, and, also in a living body, macroscopic physical events have no choice but to continue occuring, being driven by force, energy, and the fundamental interactions and spending time --requiring time--).
(In this respect, it may be said that consciousness has "microscopicity (of the internal and instantaneous movement)-macroscopicity (of the diachronic and big movement) duality" or "activeness-passivity duality").
And, in terms of the fact that consciousness is passive outwardly (macroscopically, diachronically), and spontaneous, independent, and active internally (microscopically, instantaneously), matter and consciousness can be considered to be similar. Consciousness may be of the same quality with matter actions.
12) Consciousness in an idling state is empty
By the way, it can be said that, like the idling state of electric appliances, (while it is formed, but no extrinsic input is entered), being empty (emptiness) from a natural science point of view (in respect of the output such as bodily sensation and senses of thought from the working of actions) is one of the essences of consciousness.
(As to consciousness (and senses) being empty, there are two cases, and this is one of them).
《 Consciousness is the subject (me) adopting the first person (Super-important) 》
P) Consciousness is the subject (me) adopting the first person (Super-important)
This is also one of the features and clues of consciousness. And, what is more, it's a decisive clue to search for the true identity or the source of consciousness.
- Consciousness is the subject (me) adopting the first person (Super-important)
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a) To feel senses means to feel some ideas
b) There are bodily sensation and senses of thought as senses and each of these is an idea
c) Senses (ideas) are felt by one's own self and cannot be transmitted
d) One's own self who can act spontaneously is a first person subject
e) Actions of a first person subject operate stilly inside the subject
f) What operate spontaneously inside a first person subject are actions
g) Actions which operate spontaneously are the essence of a first person subject or subjectivity
h) Our subjective consciousness is a first person subject
i) It's considerably peculiar that "I" is a first person subject
j) Internal measurement and subject-object duality / activeness-passivity duality
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a) To feel senses means to feel some ideas
It seems that to feel senses means to feel some ideas. In a word, what is felt (perceived) by our consciousness is an idea.
b) There are bodily sensation and senses of thought as senses and each of these is an idea
And, it seems that, as senses, there are bodily sensation (the five senses) and senses of thought. A thought also seems to be an idea. (So, it follows that there are two kinds of ideas, an ideas of bodily sensation and an idea of thought).
c) Senses (ideas) are felt by one's own self and cannot be transmitted
And, senses must be felt by one's own self. If senses are felt by others, that's the senses felt by others, and doesn't become the senses felt by one's own self. Senses felt by one's own self cannot be felt by others. (To put it shortly, it's not possible to transmit senses between plural entities. Senses cannot be transmitted).
(Senses and ideas are described separately).
d) One's own self who can act spontaneously is a first person subject
And, the fact that one's own self feels bodily sensation and thoughts means that one's own self is a first person subject. A first person subject means that the subject itself is the action body concerned which feels senses. Whatever it is, what can act spontaneously, independently, and actively can be a first person subject.
e) Actions of a first person subject operate stilly inside the subject
Moreover, to feel is not outward and motional movement but internal movement. Thereby, actions of a first person subject are ultimately ones which operate stilly inside the subject.
f) What operate spontaneously inside a first person subject are actions
And such a thins is called an action. So to feel is an internal action.
g) Actions which operate spontaneously are the essence of a first person subject or subjectivity
And, it seems that, (regardless of the accomplishment of outward movements of an entity), to operate spontaneously, independently, internally, and stilly is the ultimate essence of a subject or subjectivity of the first person. (Even though others are affected by the operation, that's another thing)
h) Our subjective consciousness is a first person subject
And, not knowing about the others, if we recognize the existence of one's own subjective consciousness, in terms of the fact that "I am a subject who feels, who thinks", it is self-evident to each of us that our subjective consciousness is a subject --I, me-- who adopts the first person. It's an undeniable subjective fact.
i) It's considerably peculiar that "I" is a first person subject
However, it seems to be considerably peculiar and pretty rare that "I" can feel, have, and is aware of the subjectivity that "I am a subject who feels, who thinks".
It's because so-called matter is thoroughly an object of the third person.
Matter can never move outwardly unless it is passively involved in some fundamental interaction. Here, spin and spatial locomotion correspond to the outward movements. Moreover, composition and decomposition of elementary particles, nuclear fusion, chemical synthesis and decomposition, change in temperature, thermal radiation, etc. which occur fundamentaly being caused by the fundamental interactions also correspond to the outward movements. So to speak, it may be said that what can be observed by physical means if possible are the outward movements of matter.
Therefore, it seems to be the essence of a third person object --what is called matter-- that something cannot move outwardly on its own, but can move outwardly for the first time after it is involved in some fundamental interaction passively.
And, this universe formed from matter is utterly a world of third person objects. (Space also belongs to matter because it is formed from Higgs bosons). There is basically no first person subject in this universe.
In other words, a first person subject seems to be extraordinary and incapable of existing for nothing. So, it seems that even a first person subject called consciousness which is self-evident to our subjective consciousness needs a reasonable basis or mechanism to exist.
j) Internal measurement and subject-object duality / activeness-passivity duality
However, to tell the truth, first person subjects exist throughout this universe. It's because, actually, matter is a first person subject internally.
And, about this, a concept of "internal measurement" has been proposed by a biophysicist Koichiro Matsuno. The main point seems to be as follows.
Matter is a third person object outwardly, but internally a first person subject and a first person action body which continues to operate spontaneously, independently, and actively, without spending energy. (Subject-object duality / Activeness-passivity duality).
And, matter receives extrinsic influences --force and energy that work on from the outside-- always through kinetic interactions or the fundamental interactions that work on from the outside, and the response of matter side --matter's spontaneous and independent operation-- after its receiving the influence is consisted of measurement of the extrinsic influence, decision (computation) of actions based on the measurement, and carrying out the actions --changing its own state and carrying out some works by matter-- based on the decision, and, through repetition of a battery of these movements, the state --physical order-- of matter which receives extrinsic influences always continues to be updated (maintained) to the newest one.
(By the way, this can be considered to be dynamic self-formation (or self-maintenance, or self-organization). So, matter can be said to be internally a system of autopoiesis --self-production / spontaneous, independent, and active production of one's own advanced and dynamic physical order--. Matter is the prototype of autopoiesis).
(And, this seems to be the main point of the "internal measurement" proposed by a biophysicist Koichiro Matsuno. So the internal measurement seems to be a compound action.
That is to say, inside matter, various actions continue to work spontaneously and independently. And, the internal actions inherent in matter are the true identity of a first person subject and a first person action body. Because of that, e. g., the fundamental interactions are also realized. And, matter and this universe can exist.
(In order for a fundamental interaction to occur, it's necessary that gauge bosons which mediate the fundamental interaction are exchanged between two matter, and these gauge bosons are radiated from those matter. For example, this radiation of gauge bosons is one of the internal actions covertly inherent in matter. Thermal radiation is also an action inherent in matter.
In other words, there is no doubt that matter has internal actions continuing to work internally, spontaneously and independently. It's hard to explain, but this is almost self-evident. It's necessary for the fundamental interactions to be realized actually that actions being coupled with them are provided in matter side too. It's necessary for matter to receive the fundamental interactions which work on it from the outside, and to carry out respondence --outward movements such as spin and spatial locomotion-- according to them. The fundamental interactions complete for the first time when matter does so. And, there seems to be other such internal actions besides the radiation of gauge bosons and thermal radiation).
Matter has the "wave-particle duality", but, moreover, it also has such duality. It is, so to speak, the "subject-object duality" or the "activeness-passivity duality".
(This area is described separately).
And, such a thing seems to be a decisive clue to search for consciousness. It appears to be almost a (subjective) evidence. This is because, the subjective consciousness which is a first person subject seems to be incapable of existing for nothing, but it turned out that matter is a first person subject internally. It seems that there is no doubt that some internal actions inherent in matter are the source of consciousness and that what can bring consciousness are the internal actions inherent in matter.
《 The movement of a living body comes under autopoiesis (Super-important) 》
Q) The movement of a living body comes under autopoiesis (Super-important)
Living bodies, such as cells, tissues, organs, etc., move spontaneously, independently, and actively, and the movement falls under outopoesis --self-production / spontaneous, independent, and active production of one's own advanced and dynamic physical order--.
And, physical order is formed from countless constituent substances, but advenced physical order cannot be formed naturally because of the second law of thermodynamics that entropy increases.
For this reason, if advenced and dynamic physical order is formed --if autopoiesis is fulfilled-- at a living body, some definite physical factor seems to be necessary for the formation. And, it's strongly surmised that the factor is great comprehensiveness that surveys the whole living body and designs overall physical order, and great unity or integrateness that controls the overall material movement. (Since physical order is formed from innumerable components, it's necessarily great).
The comprehensiveness at a living body is, in detail, a combination of A) comprehensive observation (information gathering) about the physical state of the whole of a living body and B) comprehensive design (thinking) of the physical state of the whole living body at the next moment based on the observation.
Moreover, unity or integrateness at a living body is external and cooperative movements of a living body's constituent substances that base on --are affected by-- the design of B). (However, comprehensiveness doesn't to seem to be required to manipulate substances directly. It would be good if external and cooperative movements of substances occur based on the design).
And, a combination of the observation (information gathering) and the design (thinking) is intelligence.
In other words, the movement of a living body cannot do without the work of intelligence. And, it doesn't matter here yet whether the work of intelligence is done materially or non-materially (ideologically). In either case, the work of intelligence is indispensable to the movement of a living body. The movement of a living body bases on intelligence. The movement of a living body is a proof of the existence of intelligence. (This is inevitable necessity).
Furthermore, intelligence must be great because it fulfills observation (information gathering) and design (thinking) about the whole of a living body which is formed from countless constituent substances. The work of observation and the work of design are essentially great.
And, this intelligence --observation (information gathering) + design (thinking)-- seems to come under consciousness. Consciousness was simply intelligence. Consciousness embodies intelligence. And, "consciousness" is rather an objective term, which is a little difficult to understand, but "intelligence" is easy to understand.
So the movement of a living body is also a proof of the existence of consciousness.
And, the fact that the work of intelligence --consciousness-- is indispensable to the movement of a living body is a point of contact between consciousness which is presumed to be non-material (ideological) and matter. There was something that relates consciousness and matter. The movement of a living body --autopoesis-- was the point of contact between consciousness and matter. (This is because autopoiesis cannot do without intelligence). This is very important.
Then, it follows that, with this as a foothold, it may be possible to bring the ideological things and consciousness into the physics field of view.
And, "consciousness" has a vague feeling and is difficult to find, but, if it is the work of "intelligence" at a living body such as a cell, the range of search is limited and it must be easy to find. (Still, we are at a loss to find). It seems that, when it comes to exploring consciousness, there is nothing better than investigating autopoiesis at a living body.
《 An indirect but objective evidence of the emergence of intelligence and a point of contact between idea and matter (Super-important) 》
R) An indirect but objective evidence of the emergence of intelligence and a point of contact between idea and matter (Super-important)
In a solid state, various substances crystallize in an aspect that the same crystalline structure continues on and on. And, those crystals may be formed only by the property of those substances. (It is usually thought like this. However, it has not been demonstrated and we cannot say certain things. A possibility that any other factors work is not unthinkiable).
However, not staying in a level of range of the same crystalline structures in a solid body, furthermore, for example, like snow crystals, various substances form morphologically advenced shapes --morphologically advenced crystals / morphologically advenced physical order-- also in a level of overall shape of a single solid body. (The surface is not bumpy, is smooth, and even. However, rather, it seems natural that the surface is more or less bumpy). Such crystals, since they are formed from the whole of constituents, in comparison with a simple range of the same crystalline structures, are one-dimensional raised crystals --physical order--.
In addition, including plants, morphologically advenced shapes --physical order-- are formed also in various living bodies.
However, according to the second law of thermodynamics that entropy increases, it's impossible that morphologically advenced physical order (shapes) is formed naturally. (Simply put, morphologically advenced crystals of various substances, from snow crystals down, violate the second law of thermodynamics. Rather, it is natural for solid bodies to fall apart under the influence of various weathering effects).
Therefore, it is judged that the formation of morphologically advenced crystals (shapes) of various substances cannot help inevitably relying on some physical factor or framework that is not restricted by the second law of thermodynamics. Morphologically advenced shapes (crystals) of substances will never be formed unless such a factor works.
And, one of the important features of a morphologically advenced crystal (shape) is that, in spite of the fact that it is formed from innumerable component substances, it has integrateness as a whole. (However, it is impossible that innumerable substances that are just third person objects have integrateness as a single physical order, unless it is formed based on the work of someone or something).
And, what can bring integrateness as a single advanced physical order to innumerable substances is only comprehensive and ideological work of prior designing. Large and advanced physical order cannot be formed without ideological work of comprehensive designing. A single large and morphological physical order (shape), which is formed from innumerable substances, can never be formed by the physical properties alone inherent in a single substance, beyond the substance's boundary.
This is a logical or rational matter. This is because, compared to the physical order embodied by a single substance, a single large and morphological physical order is of higher dimension. If the physical order of a single substance is regarded as a point, it is of zero dimension. On the other hand, a single large and morphological physical order (shape) is of three dimensions and has large volume. For this reason, it's impossible for the three-dimensional physical order to emerge from the aggregate of zero-dimensional physical order, unless some external factor works.
That is to say, designing as an ideological work is always fulfilled in the formation process of large and morphologically advanced crystals of various substances.
And, what can fulfill the ideological work of designing, (even though it's still unclear here what that is), is intelligence alone. In other words, some intelligence always emerges in the formation process of morphologically advanced crystals of various substances, and overall and comprehensive designing about the single physical order is fulfilled by the intelligence. (What the intelligence is is another matter).
Depending on this, it seems that the morphologically advanced physical order (shape) can be regarded as an objective but indirect and difficult-to-understand evidence of the emergence of some intelligence.
Moreover, it also seems that the formation of large and morphologically advaced physical order in various substances and living bodies is the point of contact between idea and matter. Even though the objective evidence of the emergence of intelligence is indirect and difficult-to-understand, there has been a point of contact between idea and matter.
By the way, matter is externally (macroscopically) a third person object and completely inert. (Matter can move externally --spatial locomotion or rotation-- for the first time when it was passively involved in some kinetic interactions or the fundamental interactions). For this reason, it is expected that, no matter how highly such substances are organized, there will never emerge (strange) intelligence that can fulfill large, comprehensive, and ideological designing.
By the way, furthermore, intelligence is a synonym for consciousness. The work of consciousness is the work of intelligence.
