One class of theories about consciousness holds that beings are conscious by virtue of possessing a set of properties. Folk consciousness, for example, holds that humans are conscious by virtue of possessing souls. Pan-psychism holds that everything is conscious by virtue of existing. IIT holds that beings are conscious by virtue of being able to hold large sums of information in their head.
As a mathematical realist, however, I find these theories difficult to accept. Within the digits of pi, there exist infinite copies of the information that describes me. Yet I do not consider my consciousness to exist in these copies, but rather in the real world. If I were to die tomorrow, I would find very little comfort in knowing that I would continue to live on in the digits of pi.
I don’t see how mathematical realism affects any of the theories you mention. Souls don’t have to be mathematical. Panpsyschism applies to everything , not just entities with a certain mathematical representation. IIT (and computationalism) require information to be processed, not just exist eternally.
On top of that, you have offered no evidence for MR. We have direct evidence that consciousness exists, but no evidence that numbers exist outside of the mind. If MR does conflict with the existence of consciousness, we should therefore drop MR.
Similarly, the many-worlds interpretation states that there are an endless number of versions of me created whenever a quantum moment takes place. And yet I likewise give these copies very little regard.
I don’t see how mathematical realism affects any of the theories you mention. Souls don’t have to be mathematical. Panpsyschism applies to everything , not just entities with a certain mathematical representation. IIT (and computationalism) require information to be processed, not just exist eternally.
On top of that, you have offered no evidence for MR. We have direct evidence that consciousness exists, but no evidence that numbers exist outside of the mind. If MR does conflict with the existence of consciousness, we should therefore drop MR.
Maybe you are wrong.