# Mathematical Models of Consciousness

## TL;DR

This paper develops a comprehensive mathematical framework for modeling consciousness, integrating epistemic context and key experiential features to advance theoretical understanding beyond traditional methods.

## Contribution

It introduces a novel general mathematical framework for consciousness modeling, bridging axioms, metaphysics, and formal structures.

## Key findings

- Framework accounts for epistemic context of consciousness
- Identifies mathematical structures underlying conscious experience
- Enables new theoretical insights beyond standard approaches

## Abstract

In recent years, promising mathematical models have been suggested which aim to describe conscious experience and its relation to the physical domain. Whereas the axioms and metaphysical ideas of these theories have been carefully motivated, their mathematical formalism has not. In this article we aim to remedy this situation. We give an account of what warrants mathematical representation of phenomenal experience, derive a general mathematical framework which takes into account consciousness' epistemic context and study which mathematical structures some of the key characteristics of conscious experience imply, showing precisely where mathematical approaches allow to go beyond what the standard methodology can do. The result is a general mathematical framework for models of consciousness that can be employed in the theory-building process.