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Consciousness and proto-consciousness are linked as theoretical counterparts in panpsychist and dual-aspect monist frameworks, where the former is often viewed as an emergent or full state and the latter as a fundamental or precursor state [1], [2], [3]. These concepts are frequently discussed together as competing or complementary explanations for the intrinsic nature of physical reality [4], [5], [6], [7].
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Non-physicalist Theories of Consciousness cambridge.org 7 facts
claimDual-aspect monism implies panpsychism (the view that consciousness is everywhere) or panprotopsychism (the view that protoconsciousness is everywhere), meaning even non-living entities like fundamental particles possess some fundamental form of consciousness or protoconsciousness.
claimGalen Strawson's argument regarding brute emergence supports panpsychism (in its strong version) or panprotopsychism (in its weak version), which are views that fundamental physical entities are conscious or protoconscious.
claimPhysicalism is the view that the fundamental constituents of reality can be fully described by completed physics that is roughly continuous with current physics and does not treat consciousness or protoconsciousness as fundamental.
claimThe recent resurgence of interest in dual-aspect monism is primarily driven by the argument that positing consciousness or protoconsciousness as the intrinsic nature of the physical offers the best explanation of how consciousness fits into the physical world, as noted by Alter and Nagasawa (2012) and Chalmers (2013).
perspectiveGalen Strawson endorses the dual-aspect monism version of panpsychism, which posits that fundamental physical entities are conscious or protoconscious because that is the intrinsic nature of their physical structure.
claimDual-aspect monists argue that positing unknown intrinsic properties is unnecessary when known properties like consciousness or protoconsciousness are available to perform the role of the intrinsic realizer of physical structure.
claimDual-aspect monism posits that everything, including particles, possesses both a physical and a (proto)mental aspect because (proto)consciousness is the intrinsic nature of physical properties, which physics describes only as structural or relational.
Panpsychism - Wikipedia en.wikipedia.org 1 fact
claimRussellian panpsychism is the view that quiddities are a form of consciousness, while Russellian panprotopsychism is the view that quiddities involve proto-consciousness.
Quantum mechanics and the puzzle of human consciousness alleninstitute.org 1 fact
claimRoger Penrose and anesthesiologist Stuart Hameroff hypothesize that microtubules, which are small structures found in neurons and other cells, weave moments of 'proto-consciousness' together to form full consciousness.