More generally, I believe your position is a form of Monism (the universe is made of one thing) called Idealism (that one thing is the mind). Other forms of Mon

More generally, I believe your position is a form of Monism (the universe is made of one thing) called Idealism (that one thing is the mind). Other forms of Monism are Materialism (everything is matter) and Neutral Monism (both mind and matter are made of something else). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monism >We imagine other people have consciousness because they act like us. We could define consciousness in a non-solipsistic, objective way, but it would be a fundamentally different thing. I think most people would say conciousness just refers to the experience of qualia, which doesn't require redefinition to allow other people to have it. >Can consciousness affect the physical brain though? I believe yes, because otherwise we would not be talking about this I don't think it's necessary. We could essentially be p-zombies, but with a mind along for the ride. We experience making decisions but that's just a projection of the physical brain's processes.