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David Chalmers relates to physical laws by arguing that consciousness cannot be fully explained by them alone, necessitating the existence of additional 'psychophysical laws' [1] and fundamental laws of nature [2]. He compares the irreducibility of consciousness to the irreducibility of fundamental physical laws [3] and maintains that his views on consciousness are compatible with the causal closure of existing physical laws [4].
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Panpsychism - Wikipedia en.wikipedia.org 2 facts
perspectiveDavid Chalmers has written that if a theory of everything is discovered, it will consist of 'psychophysical laws' rather than just physical laws.
referenceIn the book 'The Conscious Mind' (1996), David Chalmers concludes that consciousness is irreducible to lower-level physical facts, similar to how fundamental laws of physics are irreducible to lower-level physical facts.
The Hard Problem of Consciousness | Springer Nature Link link.springer.com 2 facts
claimDavid Chalmers argues that while neuroscience suggests a lawful relationship between physical processes and conscious experience, these represent two irreducible ontic categories, meaning the responsible natural law cannot be entailed by physical law alone.
claimDavid Chalmers argues that physics emerges from the relations between entities, while consciousness emerges from their intrinsic nature, a view he claims is compatible with the causal closure of the microphysical and existing physical laws. He asserts that (proto)phenomenal properties serve as the ultimate categorical basis of all physical causation.
The Conscious Mind - Wikipedia en.wikipedia.org 1 fact
perspectiveDavid Chalmers rejects materialism but embraces naturalism, meaning he believes reality is governed in full by fundamental laws of nature rather than exclusively by the laws of physics.