The Hard Problem of Consciousness David Papineau & Akhandadhi Das

Akhaṇḍādhi Dāsa, David Papineau · Debate · 1h 21m· Apr 2021

Physicalist philosopher David Papineau argues that conscious experiences simply are brain processes, dissolving the hard problem, while Vedanta scholar Akhandadhi Das counters that the format of qualia and substrate-level mind-matter interaction show consciousness is a distinct function that physicalism cannot accommodate.

consciousness · free will · hard problem of consciousness · metaphysics · mind-body problem · physicalism · physicalism vs dualism · qualia · quantum mechanics · vedanta philosophy


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