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Good point. I can't prove it, I am assuming you have it given I have it. I agree consciousness is an emergent property of matter, although I didn't always thi
by MattPalmer1086 5y ago
Good point. I can't prove it, I am assuming you have it given I have it.
I agree consciousness is an emergent property of matter, although I didn't always think that way. Panpsychism appears attractive at first glance (it makes it fundamental, and that is after all our lived experience). But that only seems to move the problem of what it actually is somewhere else, to some mysterious "mind stuff".
- goatlover 5y ago> But that only seems to move the problem of what it actually is somewhere else, to some mysterious "mind stuff". That's true, but a rejoinder would be that anything fundamental is going to be mysterious. Why do fields, particles or quantum mechanics exist? Consciousness might be an emergent property from matter, but it's difficult to give a reductive account of that. The alternative is strong emergentism, which is just as mysterious as panpsychism. Why would something entirely new not logically entailed by the prior physics emerge at some point in the universe's history?
- MattPalmer1086 5y agoGreat point, it could indeed be fundamental and entirely mysterious. But before we've established that I think it's more interesting to go looking for other explanations.