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The relationship between physics and experience is explored through various metaphysical frameworks, such as phenomenalism [1], panpsychism [2], and the integration of experience into physical causal networks [3]. David Chalmers further defines this connection by contrasting physics as external information with experience as internal information [4].
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Moving Forward on the Problem of Consciousness - David Chalmers consc.net 2 facts
claimLocating experience as the intrinsic property underlying physical dispositions allows experience to be placed inside the causal network described by physics without violating the causal closure of the physical.
quoteDavid Chalmers characterizes the relationship between physics and experience as: "Physics is information from the outside; experience is information from the inside."
Non-physicalist Theories of Consciousness cambridge.org 1 fact
claimMichael Pelczar (2023) defended phenomenalism by arguing that potentials for experience can also possess potentials to affect other potentials, allowing them to mirror the structure of the physical world as described by physics.
Critique of Panpsychism: Philosophical Coherence and Scientific ... thequran.love 1 fact
claimPanpsychism is a monistic metaphysics that attempts to synthesize physics, which focuses on structure, and phenomenology, which focuses on experience.