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Galen Strawson frequently engages with physics in his philosophical work, defining physicalism through the scope of its claims [1], utilizing its structural limitations to argue for neo-Russellian monism [2], and contrasting its explanatory power regarding biological life with its current inability to account for consciousness {fact:3, fact:4}.
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Critique of Panpsychism: Philosophical Coherence and Scientific ... thequran.love 2 facts
claimGalen Strawson argues that the analogy between life and consciousness is flawed because life, when defined in biological terms, is fully explainable by physics and chemistry as complicated order, whereas consciousness is experiential and not captured by structure alone.
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.
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.
Panpsychism (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy/Fall 2015 Edition) plato.stanford.edu 1 fact
perspectiveGalen Strawson suggests that only a revolutionary development in physics would allow consciousness to be discerned and described by science.