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Christmas Special: Panpsychism or Illusionism?

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Dec 16, 2021
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ANECDOTE

Conversion To Panpsychism

  • Philip Goff describes an adult discovery of panpsychism after rejecting materialism.
INSIGHT

Consciousness As Fundamental Aspect

  • Panpsychism treats consciousness as a fundamental, ubiquitous aspect of matter.
  • It explains human consciousness by combining simpler intrinsic experiential natures in complex systems like brains.
INSIGHT

Illusionism Avoids Scientific Overhaul

  • Philip Goff frames illusionism as denying phenomenal properties to avoid a radical rewrite of science.
  • Illusionism instead explains why we think qualia exist by describing misleading cognitive mechanisms.
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