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Dual-aspect monism is a philosophical framework that specifically addresses the nature of consciousness by positing it as an intrinsic aspect of physical reality {fact:5, fact:7}. This relationship is supported by various scholars who have developed dual-aspect theories to explain how consciousness fits into the physical world {fact:1, fact:2, fact:11}.
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Non-physicalist Theories of Consciousness cambridge.org 13 facts
claimThe explanatory role of consciousness in dual-aspect monism can be described as causal, constitutive, or explanatory in a broader sense, as consciousness enables the existence of physical causes.
claimDual-aspect monists propose that consciousness might realize physical structure, or that the relations described by physics are relations between phenomenal experiences.
claimDual-aspect monism implies panpsychism (the view that consciousness is everywhere) or panprotopsychism (the view that protoconsciousness is everywhere), meaning even non-living entities like fundamental particles possess some fundamental form of consciousness or protoconsciousness.
claimThe 'incredulous stare' is a common objection to dual-aspect monism, specifically the panpsychist version, which argues that it is implausible or counterintuitive to attribute consciousness to particles or simple, non-living entities.
claimDual-aspect monism responds to the argument from previous explanatory successes by asserting that previously explained phenomena are functional or structural, whereas consciousness is not, preventing generalization from the former to the latter.
claimDual-aspect monism addresses the problem of physical causal closure by claiming that consciousness, as the realizer of physical structure, possesses an explanatory role compatible with physical causal closure, as argued by Stoljar (2001) and Chalmers (2003, 2013) and Alter and Nagasawa (2012).
perspectiveDual-aspect monists argue that consciousness and its phenomenal qualities are intrinsic because they are known in themselves, beyond their relations to causes, effects, or other things.
claimDual-aspect monism is compatible with the epistemic gap because it regards consciousness as non-physical, similar to dualism.
claimThe recent resurgence of interest in dual-aspect monism is primarily driven by the argument that positing consciousness or protoconsciousness as the intrinsic nature of the physical offers the best explanation of how consciousness fits into the physical world, as noted by Alter and Nagasawa (2012) and Chalmers (2013).
perspectiveGalen Strawson endorses the dual-aspect monism version of panpsychism, which posits that fundamental physical entities are conscious or protoconscious because that is the intrinsic nature of their physical structure.
claimDual-aspect monists argue that positing unknown intrinsic properties is unnecessary when known properties like consciousness or protoconsciousness are available to perform the role of the intrinsic realizer of physical structure.
claimIn dual-aspect monism, the experiences of simple entities like particles are assumed to be extremely simple, comparable to the simplicity of their physical structure.
claimDual-aspect monism posits that everything, including particles, possesses both a physical and a (proto)mental aspect because (proto)consciousness is the intrinsic nature of physical properties, which physics describes only as structural or relational.
Quantum Approaches to Consciousness plato.stanford.edu 4 facts
claimCarl Jung and Wolfgang Pauli (1955) suggested a dual-aspect theory of consciousness involving a psychophysically neutral, archetypal order.
referenceDual-aspect approaches to consciousness consider mental and material domains as manifestations of a single, underlying reality where mind and matter are unseparated, with the distinction between them arising from the tools used to gain epistemic access to these domains.
claimIn dual-aspect theories, the term 'mentality' is defined more broadly than 'consciousness', encompassing unconscious or proto-mental acts alongside conscious mental acts.
claimMax Velmans (2002, 2009) presented a dual-aspect approach to consciousness backed by empirical material.
Critique of Panpsychism: Philosophical Coherence and Scientific ... thequran.love 1 fact
claimDual-aspect monism, also known as neutral monism or Russellian panpsychism, posits that matter has two aspects: a quantitative, scientific aspect from the outside, and a conscious aspect from the inside.
Quantum Approaches to Consciousness plato.stanford.edu 1 fact
claimThe approach to consciousness proposed by Henry Stapp contains elements of dual-aspect thinking, although this is not heavily emphasized by the author.
Hard Problem of Consciousness | Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy iep.utm.edu 1 fact
claimDual-aspect, neutral monist, and panpsychic accounts of consciousness hold that the connection between the physical brain and phenomenal consciousness is one of brute constitution, where physical and phenomenal properties constantly co-occur while remaining metaphysically distinct.