Jiaping Wang

Why Is Cross-Level Information Conversion Irreversible? An Information-Theoretic Account

In hierarchical information systems a higher level appends coding coordinates to those of the level below, which is obtained from the higher level by deleting these coordinates. Established tools such as rate-distortion theory, the information bottleneck method and the data proce...

Why Is Cross-Level Information Conversion Irreversible? An Information-Theoretic Account

In hierarchical information systems a higher level appends coding coordinates to those of the level below, which is obtained from the higher level by deleting these coordinates. Established tools such as rate-distortion theory, the information bottleneck method and the data proce...

From Three Axioms to the Hard Problem of Consciousness: A Constructive Response via the Information-Level Unidirectional Constraint English Version

Mainstream theories of consciousness largely address what Chalmers calls the easy problems and do not explain, from first principles, why a complete third-person description cannot recover first-person experience. Starting from three axioms (finite resources, non-equilibrium pers...

From Three Axioms to the Hard Problem of Consciousness: A Constructive Response via the Information-Level Unidirectional Constraint English Version

Mainstream theories of consciousness largely address what Chalmers calls the easy problems and do not explain, from first principles, why a complete third-person description cannot recover first-person experience. Starting from three axioms (finite resources, non-equilibrium pers...

A Bidirectional Criticality TAC Model of Conscious Emergence: A Phase-Transition Framework under Temporal Integration and Resource Constraints

Consciousness research has largely been framed in static, binary terms, lacking a dynamical description of how conscious states switch, exit, and rebuild over time. Starting from three minimal physical constraints—finite resources, non-equilibrium maintenance, and discrete input—...

Critical Transitions in Consciousness: A T–A Bidirectional Criticality Framework Based on the Information Capacity Frame

Recent intracranial evidence demonstrates that thalamic intralaminar nuclei gate conscious perception via θ-phase-driven thalamofrontal loops; yet the necessity of θ-frequency dominance and the all-or-none discontinuity of gating failure remain unexplained at the first-principles...