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The question "does X have subjective experiences" could be addressed by a theory of consciousness. Such theory should be able to tell what physical systems, and
by mlajszczak 6y ago
The question "does X have subjective experiences" could be addressed by a theory of consciousness. Such theory should be able to tell what physical systems, and to what extent, are conscious. Interestingly, attempts of such theory already exist: Integrated information theory is a good example.
- ta1234567890 6y agoAlso Panpsychism: https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/panpsychism/ https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/panpsychism/ The problem with these definitions is that they require wide-spread agreement to be considered valid explanations.
- jibal 6y agoIIT is really just a definition. And like all such definitions, it includes some things that are intuitively not conscious and excludes some things that are intuitively conscious, which is why such "theories" don't go anywhere.