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Physicalism is defined as the philosophical position that all reality is constituted by or describable through the language and domain of physics, as established in [1], [2], and [3]. Furthermore, [4] links the two by identifying physicalism as the reduction of mental states to physics, while [5] highlights how the definition of physicalism is inherently dependent on the scope and status of physics.
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Non-physicalist Theories of Consciousness cambridge.org 2 facts
claimPhysicalism is the view that the fundamental constituents of reality can be fully described by completed physics that is roughly continuous with current physics and does not treat consciousness or protoconsciousness as fundamental.
referenceHempel's dilemma posits that physicalism is either false (if defined by current physics) or trivial/empty (if defined by future, completed physics because it rules nothing out).
PANPSYCHISM (Philosophy of Mind Series) - Amazon.com amazon.com 1 fact
claimGalen Strawson defines physicalism as the belief that everything that concretely exists is wholly natural and that the claims of physics apply to everything that concretely exists.
Quantum Approaches to Consciousness plato.stanford.edu 1 fact
claimStrong reductionism claims that all mental states and properties can be reduced to the material domain (materialism) or to physics (physicalism), asserting that exploring the material domain is both necessary and sufficient to understand the mental domain.
Critique of Panpsychism: Philosophical Coherence and Scientific ... thequran.love 1 fact
claimPhysicalism is traditionally defined as the view that everything can be described by the language of physics or is constituted by what physics talks about.