Special Issue at Entropy Journal

[Johannes Kleiner]

Dear all,

I hope this email finds you well!

For those of you who were not attending the Oxford conference, on behalf of all organizers and the advisory board, I'd like to announce a special issue of the Entropy journal dedicated to formal models of consciousness and mathematical approaches in the scientific study of consciousness:

https://www.mdpi.com/journal/entropy/special_issues/Mod_Cons

The deadline for manuscript submissions is 22 December 2019.

Criteria for acceptance: The call for submissions is open to everyone. We note that only submissions that satisfy the following criteria can be accepted for peer review:

• The submission is either a research article that presents novel research or a comprehensive review article. Comments, re-submissions or minor modifications of previously published articles will not be accepted.
• The submission is concerned with formal models of consciousness, experience, awareness, or the mind-matter relationship. Submissions focused on other topics (e.g., pure cognitive neuroscience) cannot be accepted.
• Submissions need to specify clearly in what sense terms such as consciousness or experience are being used, as well as the long-term goal of the research project to which the submission belongs.
• The presentation of essential mathematical details is strongly encouraged, as is the explanation of why a specific mathematical structure is being chosen. Submissions which merely gesture at some general mathematical structure cannot be accepted.
• The submission needs to be comprehensible to anyone with an MA degree in mathematics or theoretical physics. We ask that non-trivial philosophical notions are introduced in a concise manner.
• The submission needs to conform to Entropy's criteria for scholarly publication, including word lengths and citation style. Please carefully read Entropy's guide for authors linked on the website before submission. Proofreading cannot be provided.

Article Processing Charge: Unfortunately, there is an article processing charge (APC) of 1600 CHF associated with every submission. However, the articles are being published in open access, which means that asides from the APC, no further expenses arise for the scientific community as a whole with respect to your publication. We apologize if this might be unusual for many of you as most of the journals in our fields still use the old system of charging departments for access to the publication. If possible, please talk to your head of institute to find out whether the APC can be covered. If you have no means to cover the APC whatsoever, please reach out to us. We might be able to reduce it to some extent in a few cases.

With best wishes on behalf of all organizers and the advisory board,

Johannes

Organizers and Advisory Board:
Johannes Kleiner
Robin Lorenz (Department of Computer Science, University of Oxford)
Robert Prentner (Department of Cognitive Sciences, University of California, Irvine)
Ian Durham (Department of Physics, Saint Anselm College)
Yakov Kremnitzer (Mathematical Institute, University of Oxford)
Jonathan Mason (Mathematical Institute, University of Oxford)