Posted on May 13th, 2008
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Anand
At the recently concluded Toward a Science of Consciousness conference, I presented a poster on a new physicalism that can accommodate experience. The reception was fast and furious from some and wacky and weird from... More »
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Posted on Feb 11th, 2007
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Anand
Galen Strawson asks " Does physicalism entail panpsychism? " ( pdf ) and answers in the affirmative. I don't think so. I used to think that it does but have since changed my mind. I'll... More »
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Posted on Aug 6th, 2006
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Anand
In a previous blog entry , I mentioned that we need a new physicalism that can accommodate experience. This by itself is not a new idea. Beginning with a well known attempt by Roger Penrose... More »
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Posted on Aug 4th, 2006
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Anand
Daniel Stoljar in his book " Ignorance and Imagination: The Epistemic Origin of the Problem of Consciousness " argues that consciousness is logically supervenient on the physical, i.e. experiential facts can be "read off" from... More »
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