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Physicalism is defined by the ontological claim that conscious states are fundamentally physical [1], a position supported by the neuroscientific observation that these states depend on brain activity [2]. Furthermore, physicalism requires specific psychophysical constitution relations to link conscious states to physical behaviors [3], while alternative theories like Russellian monism are framed specifically to address the relationship between conscious states and physical brain states [4].
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Non-physicalist Theories of Consciousness cambridge.org 2 facts
claimPhysicalism must posit specific psychophysical constitution relations where pain is constituted by avoidance-causing physical states and pleasure is constituted by attraction-causing physical states to explain fitting correlations between conscious states and physical behavior.
claimPhysicalism is supported by the observation that conscious states depend entirely on brain states, as indicated by neuroscience.
Dualism, Physicalism, and Philosophy of Mind - Capturing Christianity capturingchristianity.com 1 fact
claimPhysicalism is defined as the philosophical view that human beings and their conscious states are, at the fundamental level, purely physical.
Panpsychism - Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy plato.stanford.edu 1 fact
claimRussellian monism attempts to avoid the problems of dualism and physicalism by suggesting that conscious states are the intrinsic nature of brain states, meaning the causal action of brain states and conscious states are the same.