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The relationship between consciousness and physical events is defined by the debate over causal interaction, where [1] highlights the skepticism regarding consciousness influencing physical events, [2] discusses the redundancy of such influence given existing natural laws, and [3] explores the challenge of causal closure when consciousness is considered non-physical.
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The Hard Problem of Consciousness | Springer Nature Link link.springer.com 2 facts
claimMost authors in the field of consciousness studies take physical influence on the phenomenal for granted, while the assumption that consciousness might influence physical events is considered to require solid proof.
claimPostulating an additional fundamental natural principle to explain the impact of consciousness on physical events is problematic because known natural laws appear to provide a sufficient explanation for all physical events, making an additional influence redundant or leading to overdetermination.
Moving Forward on the Problem of Consciousness - David Chalmers consc.net 1 fact
claimDavid Chalmers posits that if the physical domain is causally closed (meaning every physical event has a physical explanation) and consciousness is non-physical, it appears there is no room for consciousness to play a causal role.