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Physicalism is defined as a framework that integrates the mind into the physical reality [1], while the explanatory gap concerns the relationship between consciousness and this same physical reality [2]. Furthermore, physicalism is presented as a philosophical stance that prioritizes the existence of the physical world over phenomenal experience [3].
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Hard problem of consciousness - Wikipedia en.wikipedia.org 1 fact
perspectiveJoseph Levine considers the possibility that the explanatory gap between consciousness and the physical world is merely an epistemological problem for physicalism, rather than evidence that consciousness is non-physical.
Panpsychism - Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy plato.stanford.edu 1 fact
claimPhysicalism encompasses a collection of theories that attempt to solve the mind-body problem by integrating the mind into the physical world.
The Hard Problem of Consciousness | Springer Nature Link link.springer.com 1 fact
claimArguments attempting to disprove the existence of a hard problem of consciousness necessarily lead to either the elimination of phenomenal experience (physicalism) or the elimination of the physical world (idealism/solipsism).