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The combination problem is a central philosophical challenge concerning how micro-level consciousness combines to form macro-level consciousness, as described in [1], [2], and [3]. It serves as a critical test for panpsychist theories of consciousness, questioning the mechanism by which individual conscious units aggregate into unified experiences [4], [5], and [6].
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The Hard Problem of Consciousness | Springer Nature Link link.springer.com 4 facts
claimThe deflation of awareness suggests that consciousness can be interpreted as the awareness of qualities, potentially allowing an explanation of how microexperiences constitute awareness to solve the combination problem.
claimDavid Chalmers defines the combination problem as the lack of any logical a priori necessity of consciousness entailed by micro-/protophenomenal properties.
claimMaterialism avoids the combination problem by eliminating consciousness.
claimThe combination problem is widely considered the single most serious objection to constitutive pan(proto)psychism, as it involves explaining how consciousness emerges from proto- or microphenomenal 'quanta' without reducing one ontic category to another.
Panpsychism - Wikipedia en.wikipedia.org 2 facts
claimThe combination problem in panpsychism arises from the tension between the seemingly irreducible nature of consciousness and its ubiquity, specifically questioning how tiny consciousnesses in atoms or bits combine to create larger conscious experiences.
claimPanprotopsychism is proposed as a solution to the combination problem, which is the challenge of explaining how the consciousness of microscopic physical entities combines to form the macroscopic consciousness of a whole brain.
Hard Problem of Consciousness | Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy iep.utm.edu 1 fact
claimPanpsychist views of consciousness face the 'combination problem,' which requires explaining how basic phenomenal or protophenomenal elements combine to form the complex properties experienced in consciousness.
Panpsychism - Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy plato.stanford.edu 1 fact
claimConstitutive micropsychism faces the 'combination problem,' which questions how the consciousness of a brain as a whole is made up from the consciousness of its individual parts.
Consciousness, Physicalism, and Panpsychism - R Discovery discovery.researcher.life 1 fact
referenceThe research article titled 'Consciousness, Physicalism, and Panpsychism' (published December 30, 2020) introduces William James's philosophy of mind, specifically examining his views on panpsychism, neutral monism, and the combination problem.
Panpsychism (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy/Fall 2015 Edition) plato.stanford.edu 1 fact
quoteWilliam James argued that a 101st feeling created by the combination of 100 original feelings would be a totally new fact, stating: "the 100 original feelings might, by a curious physical law, be a signal for its creation, when they came together; but they would have no substantial identity with it, nor it with them, and one could never deduce the one from the others, or (in any intelligible sense) say that they evolved it."