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physical domain
Also known as: physical realm
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The Hard Problem of Consciousness | Springer Nature Link link.springer.com 6 facts
claimDavid Chalmers characterizes 'direct phenomenal judgments' as having a double nature: they are both phenomenal events (experiencing qualia) and physical events (uttering thoughts about experience), which serves to bridge the phenomenal and physical realms.
claimThe causal closeness of the physical realm is deduced from conservation laws in closed systems.
claimThere is no direct evidence or logical proof of the existence of the physical realm beyond subjective experience without making additional metaphysical assumptions about the nature of mind and matter.
quote“The paradox is a consequence of the facts that (1) The physical domain is causally closed; (2) Judgments about consciousness are logically supervenient on the physical; (3) Consciousness is not logically supervenient on the physical; and (4) We know we are conscious. From (1) and (2) it follows that judgments about consciousness can be reductively explained. In combination with (3), this implies that consciousness is explanatorily irrelevant to our judgments, which lies in tension with (4). Thus we have the paradox. One might try to escape the paradox by denying any one of these premises”
claimDavid Chalmers suggests that microphysical properties and their causal roles might be instantiations of protophenomenal 'quiddities', implying that the physical realm and its causal determination may supervene on or be constituted by the same protophenomenal properties that form conscious experience.
claimDavid Chalmers' notion of a 'naturalist' theory of consciousness presumes that consciousness represents a fundamental property with an ontic status of its own, in addition to the physical realm.
Quantum Approaches to Consciousness plato.stanford.edu Nov 30, 2004 5 facts
claimThe dual-aspect approaches of Pauli-Jung, Eddington-Wheeler, and Bohm-Hiley propose a tripartite reality model consisting of a psychophysically neutral domain, a mental domain, and a physical domain.
claimA consistent framework for the interplay of mental and physical domains of reality using Roger Penrose's mathematical Platonism has not yet been established.
claimDual-aspect quantum approaches to consciousness conceptualize mind-matter correlations as the splitting of a holistic, psychophysically neutral domain of reality into mental and physical aspects, inspired by entanglement-induced nonlocal correlations.
claimPanpsychism (or panexperientialism) differs from dual-aspect monism because it lacks a psychophysically neutral domain of reality and instead posits a dualistic approach where mental and physical domains are primordially coupled.
claimThe dual-aspect approaches of Pauli-Jung, Eddington-Wheeler, and Bohm-Hiley utilize the concept of meaning to interpret correlations between the mental, physical, and psychophysically neutral domains of reality.
Moving Forward on the Problem of Consciousness - David Chalmers consc.net 3 facts
claimThe interpretations of quantum mechanics proposed by David Bohm and Hugh Everett posit that the physical domain is causally closed.
perspectiveDavid Chalmers leans toward the view that the irreducibility of consciousness lies in the independence of phenomenal structure from the physical domain and the intrinsic nature of phenomenal properties, which contrasts with the relational nature of physical concepts.
claimDavid Chalmers posits that if the physical domain is causally closed (meaning every physical event has a physical explanation) and consciousness is non-physical, it appears there is no room for consciousness to play a causal role.
Quantum Approaches to Consciousness plato.stanford.edu Nov 30, 2004 2 facts
claimA key distinction between the two primary classes of dual-aspect thinking is how the psychophysically neutral domain relates to the mental and physical domains.
claimThe physical domain is not causally closed because solving fundamental equations of motion requires fixing boundary and initial conditions that are not provided by the fundamental laws of nature.
Dualism (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy/Winter 2016 Edition) plato.stanford.edu Aug 19, 2003 1 fact
claimThe parallelist perspective on consciousness preserves both the physical and mental realms intact but denies any causal interaction between them.
Quantum Approaches to Consciousness plato.stanford.edu Nov 30, 2004 1 fact
claimHans Primas argued in 2002 that the physical domain is not causally closed because fundamental equations of motion require boundary and initial conditions that are not provided by the fundamental laws of nature.
Early Digital Engagement Among Younger Children and the ... pediatrics.jmir.org Jul 3, 2025 1 fact
referencePanjeti-Madan and Ranganathan reviewed the impact of screen time on children’s development across cognitive, language, physical, and social-emotional domains, published in MTI in 2023.