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Papers by Remus Gogu

In this paper I propose a new definition for knowledge as an exclusive conscious mental state – a... more In this paper I propose a new definition for knowledge as an exclusive conscious mental state – a justified purposeful belief for most practical purposes and a justified true belief in clearly defined special cases. The paper first clarifies what a conscious mental state is according to the neuropsychoanalytical framework, uses this base to redefine knowledge, and then looks at some possible ramifications of this change in definition such as on skepticism, Gettier cases and the colloquial use of the term. One of the implications of this redefinition is that knowledge looses its meaning outside of the conscious awareness of a subject – such as the existence of knowledge in itself (in the abstract) or in any form of visual, written or verbal representation. This change comes at the price of also loosing its true value for most practical purposes, except for very few special cases.

Books by Remus Gogu

A promising proposal for developing a science of consciousness. In a nutshell, - it postulates ... more A promising proposal for developing a science of consciousness.

In a nutshell,

- it postulates that all physical systems undergoing non-unitary state changes possess subjectivity as a universal property (this proposal of generalization of subjectivity to a universal property of physical systems is akin to the Newtonian generalization of gravity)

- the delimitation of those systems (the binding problem) is related to the causal link between members of the system and the evolution of the state in the proper time of the system - this nicely ties with the concept of observer in relativity, and brings new challenges to the concept of locality for physical systems

- the subjective content depends on the information encoded in the state evolution, implying that self-reflective/ predictive feedback loops are responsible for higher order perceptions - however the framework does not exclude lower order experiences. There is no abrupt jump from one level to another, the framework allows for a smooth spectrum of subjective experiences, with very interesting consequences in terms of understanding experience of a wide range of biological or artificial organisms

- offers ways to test proposed hypotheses, including for the subjectivity postulate, although with some challenges - as always posed by the scientific exploration of the subjective. There are promising avenues which can be constructed by experimenting with virtual worlds and neural networks

Book Reviews by Remus Gogu

The Systemic Subjectivity Theory (SST) of consciousness offers a novel framework for understandin... more The Systemic Subjectivity Theory (SST) of consciousness offers a novel framework for understanding the nature of subjective experience. SST posits that consciousness arises as an intrinsic, subjective property of physical systems evolving over time, with the non-unitary evolution of these systems encoding meaningful information. This article provides a comprehensive review of SST by DeepSeek V3, a Chinese Open source LLM which surpassed current GPT 4o and Claude 3.5 Sonnet models in most popular benchmarks, evaluating its strengths and weaknesses as a scientific theory of consciousness. Key strengths were revealed to be SST scalability across systems of varying complexity, its emphasis on the dynamic evolution of physical states, and its potential for empirical testing through mathematical modeling. However, the theory was also shown to faces challenges, such as the lack of direct empirical evidence and ambiguity in defining consciousness. To address these challenges, DeepSeek proposed new operational definitions for conscious states—qualia, agent-consciousness, and self-reflective consciousness—and additional progress on the mathematical framework for identifying meaningful information in state changes. By bridging the gap between subjective experience and objective physical processes, SST represents a promising step toward a scientific understanding of consciousness, with implications for neuroscience, artificial intelligence, and philosophy of mind.

In this paper I propose a new definition for knowledge as an exclusive conscious mental state – a... more In this paper I propose a new definition for knowledge as an exclusive conscious mental state – a justified purposeful belief for most practical purposes and a justified true belief in clearly defined special cases. The paper first clarifies what a conscious mental state is according to the neuropsychoanalytical framework, uses this base to redefine knowledge, and then looks at some possible ramifications of this change in definition such as on skepticism, Gettier cases and the colloquial use of the term. One of the implications of this redefinition is that knowledge looses its meaning outside of the conscious awareness of a subject – such as the existence of knowledge in itself (in the abstract) or in any form of visual, written or verbal representation. This change comes at the price of also loosing its true value for most practical purposes, except for very few special cases.

A promising proposal for developing a science of consciousness. In a nutshell, - it postulates ... more A promising proposal for developing a science of consciousness.

In a nutshell,

- it postulates that all physical systems undergoing non-unitary state changes possess subjectivity as a universal property (this proposal of generalization of subjectivity to a universal property of physical systems is akin to the Newtonian generalization of gravity)

- the delimitation of those systems (the binding problem) is related to the causal link between members of the system and the evolution of the state in the proper time of the system - this nicely ties with the concept of observer in relativity, and brings new challenges to the concept of locality for physical systems

- the subjective content depends on the information encoded in the state evolution, implying that self-reflective/ predictive feedback loops are responsible for higher order perceptions - however the framework does not exclude lower order experiences. There is no abrupt jump from one level to another, the framework allows for a smooth spectrum of subjective experiences, with very interesting consequences in terms of understanding experience of a wide range of biological or artificial organisms

- offers ways to test proposed hypotheses, including for the subjectivity postulate, although with some challenges - as always posed by the scientific exploration of the subjective. There are promising avenues which can be constructed by experimenting with virtual worlds and neural networks

The Systemic Subjectivity Theory (SST) of consciousness offers a novel framework for understandin... more The Systemic Subjectivity Theory (SST) of consciousness offers a novel framework for understanding the nature of subjective experience. SST posits that consciousness arises as an intrinsic, subjective property of physical systems evolving over time, with the non-unitary evolution of these systems encoding meaningful information. This article provides a comprehensive review of SST by DeepSeek V3, a Chinese Open source LLM which surpassed current GPT 4o and Claude 3.5 Sonnet models in most popular benchmarks, evaluating its strengths and weaknesses as a scientific theory of consciousness. Key strengths were revealed to be SST scalability across systems of varying complexity, its emphasis on the dynamic evolution of physical states, and its potential for empirical testing through mathematical modeling. However, the theory was also shown to faces challenges, such as the lack of direct empirical evidence and ambiguity in defining consciousness. To address these challenges, DeepSeek proposed new operational definitions for conscious states—qualia, agent-consciousness, and self-reflective consciousness—and additional progress on the mathematical framework for identifying meaningful information in state changes. By bridging the gap between subjective experience and objective physical processes, SST represents a promising step toward a scientific understanding of consciousness, with implications for neuroscience, artificial intelligence, and philosophy of mind.