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Galen Strawson explores the ontological nature of matter, arguing that consciousness is a fundamental property of matter {fact:2, fact:5} and criticizing physicalist assumptions about our knowledge of matter's intrinsic character {fact:3, fact:4, fact:6}. He specifically rejects the idea that consciousness emerges from non-conscious matter, labeling such theories as incoherent [1].
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Critique of Panpsychism: Philosophical Coherence and Scientific ... thequran.love 5 facts
perspectiveGalen Strawson contends that humans lack sufficient knowledge of what matter is intrinsically, apart from its extrinsic behavior.
perspectiveGalen Strawson contends that many self-described physicalists make a fatal mistake by assuming they possess sufficient knowledge of matter to declare the mind as something fundamentally separate.
claimPhilip Goff and Galen Strawson advocate for a neo-Russellian monist view of consciousness, which is based on Bertrand Russell's insight that physics reveals the structure of matter but not its intrinsic character.
perspectiveGalen Strawson proposes that matter itself may possess an experiential aspect, meaning that experiential phenomena should be accepted as physical phenomena.
perspectiveGalen Strawson characterizes the theory that consciousness emerges from non-conscious matter as 'brute emergence' or 'magic,' which he considers an incoherent approach.
Panpsychism - Wikipedia en.wikipedia.org 1 fact
perspectiveGalen Strawson believes that consciousness "just is" matter, comparing the relationship to how mass is energy.