?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=How+to+model+consciousness+in+Memory+Evolutive+Systems%3F&rft.creator=Ehresmann%2C+Andr%C3%A9e+C.&rft.creator=Vanbremeersch%2C+Jean-Paul&rft.subject=Neural+Nets&rft.description=Memory+Evolutive+Systems+(MES)+represent+a+mathematical+model%2C+based+on+Category+Theory%2C+to+study+natural+open+autonomous+systems+such+as+biological%2C+neural+or+social+systems.+It+has+been+progressively+developed+by+the+authors+in+a+series+of+papers+since+1986.+In+this+model+the+dynamics+is+modulated+by+the+competitive+interactions+between+a+net+of+internal+more+or+less+complex+organs+of+regulation%2C+called+CoRegulators+(CR)%2C+with+a+differential+access+to+a+central+hierarchical+Memory.+This+article+attempts+to+model+the+notions+of+Semantics+and+Consciousness+in+such+a+MES%0AA+Semantics+will+emerge+through+the+detection+of+specific+invariances+by+the+CRs+that+leads+to+classify+objects+according+to+their+main+attributes%2C+and+record+the+invariance+classes.+The+model+explains+how+it+relies+on+a+hierarchical+2+steps+process%3A+first+a+pragmatically+'acted'+classification+at+the+level+of+specific+attributes+(such+as+colors)%2C+then+this+classification+is+'reflected'+and+analyzed+at+a+higher+level%2C+and+a+new+formal+unit%2C+called+a+'concept'%2C+is+formed+to+represent+the+invariance+class+(e.g.%2C+the+color+'blue').%0AThe+introduction+of+more+and+more+abstract+concepts+gives+more+flexibility+to+the+comportment.+It+is+essential+for+the+development+of+some+kind+of+'consciousness'.+A+'conscious'+CR+is+characterized+by+the+capacity+to+respond+to+a+new+event+or+to+a+fracture+by+an+increase+in+awareness%2C+which+permits%3A+(i)+to+extend+its+actual+'landscape'+(formed+by+the+information+it+can+gather)+retrospectively+to+past+lower+levels%3B+(ii)+to+operate+an+abduction+process+in+this+extended+landscape+to+find+possible+causes+of+the+fracture%3B+(iii)+and+finally+to+planify+a+strategy+for+several+steps+ahead%2C+through+the+formation+of+internal+'virtual'+landscapes+in+which+strategies+can+be+tried+without+energy+costs.+Thus+consciousness+would+amount+to+an+internalization+of+Semantics+and+Time%2C+giving+a+selective+advantage.%0AIn+the+second+Part+of+the+paper%2C+a+MES+modeling+a+neural+system+is+explicitly+described+and+it+is+shown+how+the+various+processes+described+above+are+in+agreement+with+present+neurophysiological+knowledge.+%0AFinally+the+general+ideas+are+illustrated+on+a+concrete+example.%0A&rft.date=1999-04&rft.type=Preprint&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=text%2Fhtml&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F1790%2F1%2Facs.htm&rft.identifier=++Ehresmann%2C+Andr%C3%A9e+C.+and+Vanbremeersch%2C+Jean-Paul++(1999)+How+to+model+consciousness+in+Memory+Evolutive+Systems%3F++%5BPreprint%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F1790%2F