David Chalmers argues that analogies comparing consciousness to water or life are irrelevant because they reverse the direction of explanation, which in reductive explanation must proceed from micro to macro.

Authors

• Person: Not available Organization: Journal of Consciousness Studies
  Moving Forward on the Problem of Consciousness - David Chalmers

Sources

• Moving Forward on the Problem of Consciousness - David Chalmers consc.net Journal of Consciousness Studies via serper

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• consciousness concept
• life concept
• water concept