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Property dualism is related to the brain because it posits that the brain is the physical substance in which mental properties inhere [1], potentially serving as the subject of experience [2], while also highlighting the challenge of explaining how a physical brain functions as a semantic engine [3].
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Dualism (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy/Winter 2016 Edition) plato.stanford.edu 1 fact
claimThe argument for property dualism arises from the difficulty of explaining how humans can be 'semantic engines'—driven by the meaning of thoughts—if the brain is merely a syntactic engine.
Dualism, Physicalism, and Philosophy of Mind - Capturing Christianity capturingchristianity.com 1 fact
claimProperty dualism does not require the belief in an immaterial soul; it allows for the possibility that the subject of experiences is a brain or body that possesses both ordinary physical properties and irreducibly mental properties.
Non-physicalist Theories of Consciousness cambridge.org 1 fact
claimProperty dualism may posit that phenomenal properties must inhere in a physical substance, which provides an explanation for why consciousness depends on the brain and cannot exist disembodied.