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> for the simple reason that it gives no way to explain why humans act on their conscious experience and have it modelled internally as a conscious experience.
by uoaei 7y ago
> for the simple reason that it gives no way to explain why humans act on their conscious experience and have it modelled internally as a conscious experience.
The theory doesn't purport to explain internal models nor awareness in any sense that we're used to it. That is a separate question. If you are looking for those answers, they will be found in how the machination of "conscious" behavior accumulates sufficient complexity to look like directed actions from the outside.
- Veedrac 7y agoYou're right, but only in the sense that panpsychism doesn't answer any questions. Literally any. The only thing it does is split the question of ‘where does human consciousness come from?’ into ‘how does human consciousness reduce to proton awareness?’ and ‘where does proton awareness come from?’ But you'll note that this is a harder question than the original, since it postulates more and conflicts with more evidence.
- uoaei 7y agoIndeed. If we accept panpsychism, then the "hard problem" of consciousness morphs into the hard problem of how awareness arises, and what degree of awareness and understanding is present in a given individual.