A Wave-Particle Theory of Conscious Awareness (A Philosophical Viewpoint)

<p>If we are to explain consciousness at some point our explanation must come to:<br><br><em><strong>...thus X happens and as you can now see this gives rise to full consciousness.</strong></em><br><br>The question this text answers is: <em><strong>What is it you must see?</strong></em> (as well as: what is X?)<br><br>The answer is provided in the form of eighteen steps that analyse reverse-engineer and reconstruct the phenomena that constitute consciousness. As the title suggests the text digs as deep as the quantum level.<br><br><em>(In this 2025 updated edition the text starts with a bonus first chapter on why today's LLM AIs cannot be conscious)</em></p>