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Dualism is a central subject of ongoing debate within the field of neuroscience [1], [2], [3]. Furthermore, the relationship is defined by the tension between neuroscientific discoveries and dualist claims regarding consciousness [4], as well as arguments that neuroscience fails to fully explain the nature of psychophysical correlations [5].
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Dualism, Physicalism, and Philosophy of Mind - Capturing Christianity capturingchristianity.com 2 facts
perspectiveThe author of the Capturing Christianity series previously believed that neuroscientific discoveries regarding brain-mental state correlations rendered the dualist belief in consciousness as something 'over and above the physical' to be a gratuitous hypothesis.
perspectiveArguments for dualism primarily assert that increased neuroscientific knowledge fails to explain why psychophysical correlations exist or why they take the specific forms they do, rather than predicting that neuroscientists will encounter roadblocks in discovering those correlations.
Panpsychism and dualism in the science of consciousness - PubMed pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov 1 fact
claimModern neuroscience is experiencing a resurgence of debate regarding panpsychism and dualism.