Consciousness & Mind
RATING:
3 - Credentialed Specialist
Type:
Theory

Filter Hypothesis of Consciousness

Philosophical framework proposing the brain acts as a filter or reducing valve for consciousness rather than generating it. Rooted in Bergson, Huxley, and James, it reframes the hard problem by suggesting consciousness is fundamental and the brain limits rather than produces it.

Key Works

Bergson's Matter and Memory; Huxley's The Doors of Perception; James's Varieties of Religious Experience; Edward Kelly's Irreducible Mind