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Dualism is fundamentally related to conscious experience as it posits that the mind exists independently of the brain to generate such experience [1], while simultaneously struggling to explain how physical brain activity interacts with or influences that conscious experience {fact:2, fact:3}.
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Do all non-physicalist theories of consciousness face the interaction ... philosophy.stackexchange.com 2 facts
perspectiveDualism fails to provide an answer to the interaction problem, specifically regarding how consciousness receives signals from the brain, how thoughts link to brain activity, how mind-altering substances affect conscious experience, and how brain damage impedes conscious function.
claimThe 'no interaction' version of dualism implies that sensory data cannot travel from the physical world to consciousness, and choices cannot travel from consciousness to the physical world, which makes the observed alignment between the physical world and conscious experience inexplicable.
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claimAccording to the philosophical theory of dualism, the mind exists independently of the brain and has the capacity to influence the brain, which gives rise to conscious experience.