Engages directly with IIT, Global Workspace Theory, and Predictive Processing, and draws out precise criteria for consciousness in artificial systems.

Wolfgang Stegemann is an independent philosopher and researcher working on philosophy of mind, consciousness theory, and formal epistemology. He publishes his work as open preprints and writes for a broader philosophical readership, engaging directly with current debates in the philosophy of mind. His work develops a systems-theoretic account of consciousness grounded in biology, evolutionary theory, and neuroscience, positioned as an independent alternative to existing frameworks such as Integrated Information Theory and Predictive Processing.