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mind ↔ emergence

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The concepts are related because mind is theorized to arise from non-mental physical processes through the mechanism of emergence, as discussed in quantum mechanical and physicalistic frameworks [1] and [2].

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Panpsychism (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy/Fall 2015 Edition) plato.stanford.edu William Seager, Sean Allen-Hermanson · Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy 2 facts
claimModern physicalistic theories of mind implicitly rely on a theory of emergence, though none have yet provided a fully satisfactory account of the emergence of consciousness.
claimMichael Silberstein and James McGeever argue that quantum mechanics supports a theory of emergence where mind develops from non-mental aspects of nature.