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quiddity
Also known as: quiddity, quiddities
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Panpsychism - Wikipedia en.wikipedia.org 7 facts
claimRussellian physicalism is the view that quiddities can be physical without having any consciousness-like aspect, while still remaining relevant to explaining consciousness.
claimRussellian panpsychism is the view that quiddities are a form of consciousness, while Russellian panprotopsychism is the view that quiddities involve proto-consciousness.
claimBertrand Russell believed that all causal properties are extrinsic manifestations of identical intrinsic properties, which he termed 'quiddities'.
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 believed that the conscious mind is a structure formed by the corresponding and identical quiddities of matter.
claimBertrand Russell concluded that consciousness is related to the extrinsic properties of matter and labeled these intrinsic properties "quiddities".
claimDavid Chalmers concludes that thoughts, actions, intentions, and emotions may be the quiddities of neurotransmitters, neurons, and glial cells, a position associated with Russellian monism.
The Hard Problem of Consciousness | Springer Nature Link link.springer.com 4 facts
claimDavid Chalmers argues that macrophenomenal consciousness might inherit the causal role of its constituent microphenomenal properties or quiddities.
perspectiveThe author suggests, following von Stillfried, that assuming intrinsic relata or quiddities are logically necessary provides a more coherent picture than assuming a world made up of relations between empty relata.
claimDavid Chalmers acknowledges that the existence of relational structure and disposition in physics suggests the existence of intrinsic relata or quiddities, though he does not view this as a logical necessity.
claimDavid Chalmers's identification of phenomenal properties with the intrinsic essence or quiddities of relata is not logically necessary, as there may be other candidates for intrinsic essence that are currently unknown.
PANPSYCHISM (Philosophy of Mind Series) - Amazon.com amazon.com 1 fact
claimThe book being reviewed discusses 'quiddity,' which is defined as the necessary intrinsic nature of things in the universe.