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Physicalism: only matter matters

Lectures in Science and Religion Posted on August 6, 2017 by A_2much_2soonSeptember 29, 2017

Does your conscious mind have any effect on your brain? Maybe not. Some claim that our consciousness is like the rainbow over a waterfall. The waterfall causes it, but the rainbow in turn has no effect on the waterfall. This … Continue reading →

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Posted in Consciousness and Free Will, Physicalism | Tagged Downward causation, Emergentism, Epiphenomenalism, Inverted spectrum argument, Physicalism, Reductive physicalism, Supervenience | Leave a reply

Physicalism and Black and White Mary

Lectures in Science and Religion Posted on August 5, 2017 by A_2much_2soonSeptember 29, 2017

Is it true that consciousness is purely physical? The most famous argument against this point of view is the story of Black and White Mary.   Music: Beethoven, String Quartet No. 15 in A minor, Third Movement, Orion Quartet  Licensed … Continue reading →

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Posted in Consciousness and Free Will, Physicalism | Tagged Bats, Binding problem, Black and white Mary, Explanatory gap, Mysterianism, Qualia, Quantum mechanics, Thomas Nagel | Leave a reply

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