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Consciousness and mental causation are interconnected in philosophical debates, as theories of consciousness must address the problem of mental causation to explain mind-brain relations [1], with positions like Russellian monism using panpsychist views of consciousness to resolve it [2], and various mind-body problem concepts explicitly linking them [3].
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Dualism (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy/Winter 2016 Edition) plato.stanford.edu 1 fact
claimPhilosophical concepts related to the mind-body problem include behaviorism, consciousness, eliminative materialism, epiphenomenalism, functionalism, identity theory, intentionality, mental causation, neutral monism, and physicalism.
Quantum Approaches to Consciousness plato.stanford.edu 1 fact
claimFriedrich Beck and John Eccles' approach to consciousness focuses primarily on brain states and brain dynamics, with the exception of John Eccles' specific ideas regarding mental causation.
Quantum Approaches to Consciousness plato.stanford.edu 1 fact
claimRoger Penrose and Stuart Hameroff propose that conscious acts are non-computable, shifting the focus from mental causation to the non-computability of consciousness.
Panpsychism - Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy plato.stanford.edu 1 fact
claimRussellian monism is a contemporary philosophical position that utilizes the panpsychist view of consciousness as an intrinsic nature of matter to address mental causation.
Cross-Cultural Approaches to Consciousness: Mind, Nature, and ... amazon.com 1 fact
quoteSwami Medhananda, a Senior Research Fellow in Philosophy at the Ramakrishna Institute of Moral and Spiritual Education in India, stated: 'Philosophers have only recently begun to recognize the need for a truly global approach to consciousness. Cross-Cultural Approaches to Consciousness makes a valuable and timely contribution to the nascent cosmopolitan movement within consciousness studies. Addressing an impressive array of global philosophical traditions and topics as varied as mental causation, panpsychism, idealism, and illusionism, this volume is essential reading for anyone interested in cutting-edge, cross-cultural inquiry into the nature of consciousness.'
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quoteSwami Medhananda, a Senior Research Fellow in Philosophy at the Ramakrishna Institute of Moral and Spiritual Education in India, stated: 'Philosophers have only recently begun to recognize the need for a truly global approach to consciousness. Cross-Cultural Approaches to Consciousness makes a valuable and timely contribution to the nascent cosmopolitan movement within consciousness studies. Addressing an impressive array of global philosophical traditions and topics as varied as mental causation, panpsychism, idealism, and illusionism, this volume is essential reading for anyone interested in cutting-edge, cross-cultural inquiry into the nature of consciousness.'
Panpsychism - Wikipedia en.wikipedia.org 1 fact
claimPhilosophers such as David Chalmers argue that theories of consciousness must provide insight into the brain and mind to avoid the problem of mental causation.
Cross-Cultural Approaches to Consciousness: Mind, Nature, and ... books.google.com 1 fact
claim'Cross-Cultural Approaches to Consciousness: Mind, Nature, and Ultimate Reality' analyzes debates regarding consciousness, ultimate reality, emergence, mental causation, realism, idealism, panpsychism, and illusionism through the lens of East and South-East Asian philosophies, specifically Buddhism and Vedanta.