It may be useful to breakdown the production and processing of received information, to consider what sort of processes are involved in generating personal quasi reality of which we are conscious. Although the processes in vivo may not in fact be clearly separate and stratified.
Basement, Level 1. analysis, Level 2. association, Level 3. synthesis Level 4. Reasoning, Interpretation or conclusions.
Basement, Object reality-foundational level reality-
matter and photons in ubiquitous base existence- production of potential sensory data i.e. potential stimuli
Non relative as observer independent.
Home of whole truth, alluding to the famous tale of the blind men and the elephant. This is where such a whole, material elephant source would exist. Source of all relative viewpoints based on existing truth.
Level 1, Image reality– emergent ‘reality’ - generated product of sensory receipt and processing.
Which signals are received depends upon location and attention of the observer. Transaction of image formed on retina, by received input photons, into electrical signals that are transmitted via nerves to the CNS. Filtering of inputs due to intensity and wavelength. Only a portion of the spectrum of ‘light’ can be absorbed by the photo receptors and photo receptors have individual sensitivity to intensity. Image formed in visual cortex from received electrical impulses.
Finding lines and edges in images for example, pattern recognition. Generation of attributes such as colour allowing discrimination; qualia. Association of learning and memory and shown context allowing later identification, attribution of meaning, in context understanding including names, emotions, names and associations of generated attributes such as colour.
Ability of an organism or device to use the visual product for navigation may result, Rudimentary awareness, such as occurs with blind sight -it’s production can involve automatic unconscious working of a device or sub conscious processes within living organisms.
Numeric Level 1 quantification. Generation of measurement products from input sensory stimuli.
Level 2 Perception (of an external reality or environment) An aspect of wider consciousness. *
Continuation of processing from level 1 - association of learning and memory and shown context allowing identification, attribution of meaning, in context understanding including names, emotions, names and associations of generated attributes such as colour .
*Consciosness can be regarded as how it feels to be an individual, monitoring itself. Awareness of; What, who, where in relation to external local environment, awareness of functioning and regulation of body and mind and self talk.
Consciousness in includes; awareness of the self both as a whole organism and ‘disembodied’ thinking mind, Self talk, awareness of the state of the body (generated from information received from it -experienced as feelings.) Includes awareness, due to processing of internally produced information sent to the CNS, of; breathing, air hunger, change of heart rate, of orientation within environment, and balance, gastro -intestinal issues, nausea, pain, nutrition hunger, thirst, wakefulness, sexual arousal , ( Awareness of emotional state, (Emotions, the feelings experienced due to information received from the body as a result of the effect of hormones on it)
Level 2 Result of processing of input numbers or quantified results.
Application of required mathematical procedures for purpose. Relations among existent particles, objects, parts or materials or that were phenomenal at measurement will be shown as semblance in the processed input. Patterns/ consistencies among the processed can lead to mathematical formulation. Mathematics can be applied to achieve a certain purpose. Perception generated will depend on the mathematical model used (how well it models the relations that existed at measurement) as well as input from Object reality (extracted from absolute truth) or Numerical level 1. (extracted from limited, relative truth)
Level 3 Synthesis Manufacture of ‘personal quasi reality, ‘how the world is ‘as I see it ’, from own perspective. Models of reality and current narratives may come from; friends and acquaintances, family’s teaching, school teaching and further and higher education, own personal experience/ patterns of perception, traditional media, social media, learned religions sources, learned political ideology, other secular models or narratives such as by reading books.
Synthesis of perception into current model of reality and narrative descriptions. (Not actual truth, because of limitation of input and what sub set of input is sent for multiple levels of processing, as well as limitations and fidelity of current model of reality and narratives to partial Object reality. Misleading or false models or narratives used for synthesis of perception will affect the personal quasi reality formed making it have even less likeness to Basement Level Object reality.
Level 3 Delusions and fantasy
Disruption of synthesis due to malfunction because of illness, or structural damage or. Alcohol, or drugs. Eg, delirium, hallucination, psychosis, drunkenness
Fantasy; imagination-synthesis, using self generated input, rather than input from existing external environment. Creation of alternative realities such as fantasy happenings and worlds . May be used as plot for books, films, games. May be useful in re-imagining manufactured quasi reality obtained from synthesis of perceptions based on objective reality derived inputs.
Level 4 Interpretation or conclusions.
Use of level 3 synthesis to reason or explain happenings, make sense of the world, from own perspective.
Passage of Emergent time is produced from the outputs of processing of sequential signal receipt. Different emergent passage of time is generated by different observers according to signals received