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Mental states are related to emergence because they are frequently analyzed within the framework of reduction and supervenience [1], with the specific claim that mental states are emergent properties of material brain states {fact:2, fact:3}.
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Quantum Approaches to Consciousness plato.stanford.edu 1 fact
formulaThe minimal framework for studying reduction, supervenience, or emergence relations between material brain states [ma] and mental states [me] is represented by the relation [ma] ↔ [me].
Quantum Approaches to Consciousness plato.stanford.edu 1 fact
claimThe view that mental states are emergent leads to a dualistic picture where residua remain when attempting to reduce the mental to the material.
Quantum Approaches to Consciousness plato.stanford.edu 1 fact
claimAchim Stephan defined emergence in 1999 as a framework where mental states or properties are considered emergent if the material brain is neither necessary nor sufficient to explore and understand them.