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Physicalists closely associate the brain with consciousness and the self, viewing the self as a physical object such as the brain [1], asserting that mental events involve physical changes in the brain [2], and potentially ascribing the unity of the mind to the brain [3]. This connection is further emphasized by placing the burden on non-physicalists to justify consciousness outside the brain [4].
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Dualism (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy/Winter 2016 Edition) plato.stanford.edu 1 fact
claimPhysicalists generally accept David Hume's bundle theory unless they wish to ascribe the unity of the mind to the brain or the organism as a whole.
What is hard about the “hard problem of consciousness”? philosophy.stackexchange.com 1 fact
claimThe physicalist premise asserts that all mental events involve physical changes in the brain and are, in principle, causally explicable by those physical changes.
Do all non-physicalist theories of consciousness face the interaction ... philosophy.stackexchange.com 1 fact
perspectiveThe burden of proof lies with the non-physicalist to justify the claim that consciousness exists outside of the brain, rather than on the physicalist to explain how that claim is excluded from causal closure.
Dualism, Physicalism, and Philosophy of Mind - Capturing Christianity capturingchristianity.com 1 fact
claimPhysicalists suggest that the self is a physical object, such as a body or a brain, and that conscious states are ultimately physical states.