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David Chalmers addresses the relationship between consciousness and evolution by explaining how epiphenomenalism accounts for the evolution of consciousness [1] and by distinguishing the role of psychophysical laws from the necessity of an evolutionary explanation [2].
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Moving Forward on the Problem of Consciousness - David Chalmers consc.net 2 facts
claimDavid Chalmers explains that an epiphenomenalist can account for the evolution of consciousness by arguing that evolution selects for physical processes directly, and psychophysical laws ensure that consciousness evolves alongside those processes.
claimDavid Chalmers argues that psychophysical laws are universal, similar to other fundamental laws, and therefore do not require an evolutionary explanation for their existence.