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phenomenal states
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Non-physicalist Theories of Consciousness cambridge.org Dec 20, 2023 4 facts
claimIf intentions can produce actions but phenomenal states cannot produce intentions, such as the feeling of love failing to cause the intention to hug someone, it places significant limitations on human agency.
claimNeuroscience can discover correlations between phenomenal states and conscious states, such as the correlation between the feeling of depression and low serotonin levels, or seeing the color red and activity in the visual cortex.
claimSome non-physicalists argue that intentional states are non-physical, challenging the view that only phenomenal states are non-physical while intentional states are physical.
claimA primary argument against epiphenomenalism is that phenomenal states appear to cause physical actions, to which epiphenomenalists respond that appearances can be false and that physical causal closure takes precedence.
Dualism, Physicalism, and Philosophy of Mind - Capturing Christianity capturingchristianity.com Dec 11, 2019 2 facts
claimThe ability to influence the phenomenal states of other people and animals, such as bringing or preventing joy or pain, is a primary factor in the moral responsibility individuals bear for one another.
claimThe philosopher Kim focuses on the intrinsic value of phenomenal states, such as the positive value of pleasant sensory experiences and the negative value of chronic pain.
Consciousness (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy/Fall 2025 ... plato.stanford.edu Jun 18, 2004 2 facts
claimThomas Nagel (1974) defines a conscious creature as one where a mental state is conscious if there is something that it is like to be in that state, providing a first-person or internal conception of phenomenal or qualitative states.
referenceLoar, B. published the article 'Phenomenal states' in Philosophical Perspectives in 1990.
David Ludwig (Wageningen University and Research): Publications ... philpeople.org 1 fact
claimProponents of the phenomenal concept strategy (PCS) face a dilemma: either phenomenal concepts or physical concepts allow us to conceive phenomenal states as they are in themselves, which implies that if phenomenal concepts allow this, then phenomenal states are nonphysical states.
The Hard Problem of Consciousness | Springer Nature Link link.springer.com 1 fact
claimEpiphenomenalism cannot explain the correspondence between direct phenomenal judgments and phenomenal states, leaving proponents to suggest either an 'outrageous coincidence' or a fundamental 'law of correspondence'.
Quantum Approaches to Consciousness plato.stanford.edu Nov 30, 2004 1 fact
claimA mental system can exist in various conscious, intentional, and phenomenal states, where a sequence of these states in a hypothetical state space forms a trajectory known as the stream of consciousness.
Hard Problem of Consciousness | Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy iep.utm.edu 1 fact
referenceBrian Loar authored 'Phenomenal States', published in the 1997 collection 'The Nature of Consciousness' edited by N. Block, O. Flanagan, and G. Güzeldere.
Theories and Methods of Consciousness biomedres.us Jan 29, 2024 1 fact
referenceKeppler J and Shani I published 'Cosmopsychism and Consciousness Research: A Fresh View on the Causal Mechanisms Underlying Phenomenal States' in Frontiers in Psychology in 2020.
The function(s) of consciousness: an evolutionary perspective frontiersin.org Nov 25, 2024 1 fact
referenceMorsella (2005) introduces the supramodular interaction theory to explain the function of phenomenal states in Psychological Review.