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Consciousness and emergence are deeply linked in the philosophy of mind, where theories like physicalism and panpsychism struggle to explain how conscious states arise from non-conscious or physical foundations [1], [2]. This relationship is central to academic discourse, as seen in scholarly publications [3], [4] and modern attempts to bridge neuroscience with philosophical concepts like intentionality and qualia [5].
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Panpsychism (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy/Fall 2015 Edition) plato.stanford.edu 4 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.
claimPanpsychism faces a significant objection regarding how it accounts for the emergence of states of consciousness without implying an implausible and indiscriminate broadcasting of mental characteristics throughout the world.
perspectiveWilliam James supported panpsychism, arguing that consciousness should be conceived in a way that avoids it appearing as the sudden emergence of a new nature that did not previously exist in the universe.
perspectiveTo avoid the problem of emergence, panpsychists must postulate that simple elements of nature possess states of consciousness, even if those states have impoverished content.
Consciousness (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy/Fall 2025 ... plato.stanford.edu 1 fact
referenceM. Silberstein published 'Converging on emergence: consciousness, causation and explanation' in the Journal of Consciousness Studies in 2001.
Panpsychism - Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy plato.stanford.edu 1 fact
claimIf panpsychists ascribe only unconscious mental properties to fundamental entities, they face the problem of explaining how conscious mental states emerge from those unconscious states, which undermines the panpsychist goal of avoiding emergence.
Hard problem of consciousness - Wikipedia en.wikipedia.org 1 fact
claimProposals made in the 2020s suggest that a cognitively inspired form of representationalism can reconcile neuroscience and the philosophy of mind by bridging gaps regarding concepts such as intentionality, emergence, consciousness, and qualia.
Cross-Cultural Approaches to Consciousness: Mind, Nature, and ... books.google.com 1 fact
claim'Cross-Cultural Approaches to Consciousness: Mind, Nature, and Ultimate Reality' analyzes debates regarding consciousness, ultimate reality, emergence, mental causation, realism, idealism, panpsychism, and illusionism through the lens of East and South-East Asian philosophies, specifically Buddhism and Vedanta.