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Protophenomenal properties are directly related to consciousness because they are defined as non-conscious properties that combine to give rise to forms of consciousness [1], serving as the 'raw material' or 'mind-quanta' that aggregate to form fully-fledged consciousness [2]. This connection is further specified by their ability to transparently account for consciousness, allowing a priori deduction of phenomenal properties from protophenomenal ones [3][4].
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The Hard Problem of Consciousness | Springer Nature Link link.springer.com 2 facts
claimConstitutive panprotopsychism posits that protophenomenal properties serve as the 'raw material' of experience, functioning as 'mind-quanta' that may aggregate to form fully-fledged consciousness, analogous to how microphysical properties of quanta aggregate to form macroscopic material objects.
claimDavid Chalmers defines the combination problem as the lack of any logical a priori necessity of consciousness entailed by micro-/protophenomenal properties.
Panpsychism - Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy plato.stanford.edu 2 facts
claimProtophenomenal properties are defined as properties that in certain combinations transparently account for the existence of consciousness, meaning one could in principle move a priori from knowing facts about protophenomenal properties to knowing facts about phenomenal properties.
claimProtophenomenal properties are properties that are not themselves forms of consciousness but which combine to give rise to forms of consciousness.
Panpsychism - Wikipedia en.wikipedia.org 1 fact
claimAdherents of panprotopsychism believe that protophenomenal facts logically entail consciousness.
Non-physicalist Theories of Consciousness cambridge.org 1 fact
claimPanprotopsychists who regard the nature of the protophenomenal as unknown might argue that the epistemic gap to consciousness could be closable if that nature were known, though this appeal to ignorance is often considered unconvincing.
Panpsychism (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy/Fall 2025 Edition) plato.stanford.edu 1 fact
claimA more precise definition of protophenomenal properties is that they are properties which, in certain combinations, transparently account for the existence of consciousness, meaning one could in principle deduce phenomenal properties from knowledge of protophenomenal properties (Chalmers 2015; Goff 2015, 2017).