What Is The Consciousness Atlas Featured on IUMAB?

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The Consciousness Atlas is an interactive web app, featured on iumab.org, that visualizes more than 325 theories of consciousness. It is based on Robert Lawrence Kuhn's 2024 paper, "A Landscape of Consciousness." On IUMAB, it appears as a news item in the site's archive and research coverage, filed under categories such as Bioelectrography, Consciousness, Science, and Library.

What the Atlas contains

According to the description on IUMAB, the Atlas maps theories of consciousness into a browsable, visual format rather than a linear text. The stated scope is:

  • 325+ theories of consciousness represented in one interactive tool
  • A source paper — Kuhn's 2024 "A Landscape of Consciousness" — as the underlying structure
  • A mapping approach, meaning theories are positioned in relation to one another rather than listed in isolation

The IUMAB excerpt does not specify the Atlas's interface controls, hosting location, or whether it requires an account, so those details should be checked on the Atlas itself.

How it appears on IUMAB

The Atlas is not presented as an IUMAB-built product. It is covered as a research item within IUMAB's news and archive stream, alongside topics like bioelectrography, the Human Light System, and GDV (Gas Discharge Visualisation) research. Its IUMAB listing carries tags including Bioelectrography, Science, and Consciousness, which places it in the site's broader science-and-consciousness section rather than in a dedicated tools area.

Who it is useful for

If you are… The Atlas is useful for…
New to consciousness studies Getting a fast overview of how many competing theories exist and how they cluster
A researcher or student Locating a specific theory's position relative to others, using Kuhn's taxonomy as a starting frame
Following IUMAB's research themes Seeing how consciousness mapping connects to the site's bioelectrography and human energy field content

Practical notes

  • Start from the source paper's structure if you want to understand why theories are grouped as they are; the Atlas is a visualization of that paper, not an independent survey.
  • Treat the 325+ figure as a count of mapped theories, not as an endorsement of any of them.
  • Because IUMAB lists it as a news/archive entry, expect to reach the Atlas through that item rather than through a permanent navigation link.