concept

vitalism

Also known as: vitalist

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Hard problem of consciousness - Wikipedia en.wikipedia.org Wikipedia 4 facts

perspectiveThomas Metzinger likens the hard problem of consciousness to vitalism, a formerly widespread view in biology that was eventually abandoned rather than solved.

referenceBrian Jonathan Garrett authored an article titled 'What the History of Vitalism Teaches Us About Consciousness and the 'Hard Problem'' published in Philosophy and Phenomenological Research in May 2006.

perspectiveBrian Jonathan Garrett argues that the hard problem of consciousness suffers from flaws analogous to those of vitalism.

quoteDehaene stated: "Once our intuitions are educated by cognitive neuroscience and computer simulations, Chalmers' hard problem will evaporate. The hypothetical concept of qualia, pure mental experience, detached from any information-processing role, will be viewed as a peculiar idea of the prescientific era, much like vitalism... [Just as science dispatched vitalism] the science of consciousness will keep eating away at the hard problem of consciousness until it vanishes."

Panpsychism (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy/Fall 2015 Edition) plato.stanford.edu William Seager, Sean Allen-Hermanson · Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy May 23, 2001 2 facts

claimR. Lotze was an advocate of panpsychism who opposed vitalism, arguing that the material world could be explained by mechanical laws.

claimHans Driesch (1867-1941) was a defender of vitalism, a doctrine closely connected to panpsychism.

Consciousness (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy/Fall 2025 ... plato.stanford.edu Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy Jun 18, 2004 1 fact

claimSince the demise of vitalism, 'life' is not considered a distinct entity or additional component of reality, but rather a term applied to living things, organisms, states, properties, and evolutionary lineages.

Panpsychism - Wikipedia en.wikipedia.org Wikipedia 1 fact

claimBrian Jonathan Garrett compares the hard problem of consciousness to vitalism, a discredited hypothesis that life requires a vital life force to be understood.

Good Old-Fashioned Artificial Consciousness and the Intermediate ... frontiersin.org Frontiers in Robotics and AI Apr 17, 2018 1 fact

claimThe enactivist paradigm shifts the burden of explaining how material states become mental states onto the notion of the living organism, which the author argues is not a convincing conceptual fulcrum since vitalism has been dismissed.

A Copernican Approach to Brain Advancement: The Paradigm of ... frontiersin.org Frontiers in Human Neuroscience Apr 25, 2019 1 fact

claimClaude Bernard believed that life possessed a 'directive and creative' idea, though he was not a vitalist.

The Energy Homeostasis Principle: A Naturalistic Approach to ... frontiersin.org Frontiers 1 fact

referenceBechtel, W., and Richardson, R. C. (1998) published 'Vitalism' in the Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy, edited by Craig, E., pages 639–643.