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Information
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| Only mechanisms that specify differences that make a difference within a system count |
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Cause-effect information (cei): How a mechanism in a state specifies the probability of past and future states of a set of elements (cause-effect repertoires) |
Conceptual information (CI): How a set of mechanisms specifies the probability of past and future states of the set (conceptual structure) |
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Integration
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| Only information that is irreducible to independent components counts |
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Integrated information (
φ
, “small phi”): How irreducible the cause-effect repertoire specified by a mechanism is compared to its minimum information partition (MIP) |
Integrated conceptual information (Φ, “big phi”): How irreducible the conceptual structure specified by a set of mechanism is compared to its minimum information partition (MIP) |
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Exclusion
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| Only maxima of integrated information count (over elements, space, time) |
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Concept (
φ
Max
): A mechanism that specifies a maximally irreducible cause-effect repertoire (MICE or quale “sensu stricto”) |
Complex (Φ
Max
): A set of elements whose mechanisms specify a maximally irreducible conceptual structure (MICS or quale “sensu lato”) |
