Thoughts on “The Problem of Consciousness” from the Perspective of “Complexity and Chaos Theory”

Marzban, Ehsan; Shariat Panahi, Seyed Peyman

doi:10.22096/ek.2016.26455

Thoughts on “The Problem of Consciousness” from the Perspective of “Complexity and Chaos Theory”

Document Type : Research Article

Authors

Ehsan Marzban ¹

Seyed Peyman Shariat Panahi ²

¹ Ph.D. Candidate of Futures Studies, University of Tehran, Faculty of Management, Tehran, Iran.

² Assistant Professor of Physics, University of Tehran, Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Tehran, Iran.

10.22096/ek.2016.26455

Abstract

Different fields of science (including physics, biology, psychology and philosophy (have had various scientific endeavors to describe the nature of consciousness. They all agree on the point that: “consciousness is a complex issue”.
Neurological and cognitive science is the dominant paradigm in consciousness studies. This article, after presenting a review of the status of consciousness in the realm of related sciences, is going to open a new window to this topic -“complexity and chaos theory”. For this purpose, with the help of the concepts such as “Control of chaos” and “The Emergence” an attempt has been made to give a primary explanation about the problem of consciousness.
According to this approach, an infinitesimal force may be able to take control of complex and chaotic system in the brain through the influence of very small energies. This may be the main origin of consciousness problem. As a result, consciousness can be extremely complex form of manifestation of the “Emergence” through neural interaction networks in the brain.

Keywords

Consciousness

Complexity

Control of Chaos

Emergence

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