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intrinsic properties
Also known as: intrinsic property
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Panpsychism - Wikipedia en.wikipedia.org 9 facts
claimConsciousness shares similarities with the intrinsic properties of physics, specifically that it cannot be directly observed from an outside perspective and it grounds observable extrinsic properties.
perspectiveDavid Chalmers argues that extrinsic properties of physics must have corresponding intrinsic properties because otherwise the universe would be "a giant causal flux" with nothing for "causation to relate," which he considers a logical impossibility.
perspectiveAlfred North Whitehead concluded that the intrinsic properties of matter are "intrinsically unknowable".
claimDavid Chalmers, Annaka Harris, and Galen Strawson are proponents of panpsychism who utilize the reasoning that extrinsic physical properties must have corresponding intrinsic properties.
perspectiveMax Tegmark disagrees with the conclusion that consciousness is an intrinsic property of matter, arguing instead that the universe is not just describable by mathematics but is mathematics itself.
claimDavid Chalmers views consciousness as a candidate for the intrinsic properties that correspond to the extrinsic properties of physics.
claimBertrand Russell argued that the conscious mind is a structure created by quiddities, which are the intrinsic properties corresponding to extrinsic physical properties.
claimBertrand Russell concluded that consciousness is related to the extrinsic properties of matter and labeled these intrinsic properties "quiddities".
claimPhysics describes the extrinsic properties of matter but does not describe the intrinsic properties that ground those extrinsic properties.
Non-physicalist Theories of Consciousness cambridge.org Dec 20, 2023 9 facts
claimAccording to dual-aspect monism, physics describes reality from the outside by detailing relations between things, such as causal and spatiotemporal relations, but it does not describe the intrinsic properties of the things themselves.
claimPanpsychists may argue that causal relations require causes and effects with intrinsic properties, and spatial structure requires entities with intrinsic properties to occupy space.
claimLangton (1998) and Lewis et al. (2009) concluded that the intrinsic properties of the physical are forever unknowable.
claimIntrinsic properties are defined as properties that characterize things as they are in themselves, independently of their relations to other things.
claimDual-aspect monism asserts that there must be an entity that stands in the relations described by physics and possesses intrinsic or categorical properties.
claimFundamental relations may require relata with intrinsic properties to be concretely instantiated.
claimThe argument for consciousness as the intrinsic realizer of physical structure relies on the claim that consciousness is the only known intrinsic property, as other purported options like shape or physical colors are reducible to relational or dispositional properties.
claimOne argument against ontic structural realism is that by eliminating intrinsic properties, the distinction between the physical and the mathematical collapses, as there would be no difference between the physical world and a mathematical object with the same structure.
claimPhenomenal or protophenomenal properties are the only intrinsic properties known to exist.
Panpsychism - Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy plato.stanford.edu Jul 18, 2017 1 fact
referenceDerk Pereboom examined consciousness, physicalism, and intrinsic properties in a 2015 publication.
Moving Forward on the Problem of Consciousness - David Chalmers consc.net 1 fact
claimDavid Chalmers asserts that the 'no-sign' problem, which posits that we cannot have external access to the intrinsic properties underlying physical dispositions, can be solved by the Russellian interpretation of panpsychism.