Consciousness, Dissociation, Metacognition, Idealism, Materialism, Philosophy, Psychedelics, Death & Mind | Bernardo Kastrup | 60
Mind & Matter
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The Hard Problem of Consciousness
Physicalism starts from the world of qualities, qualities are all that we have. Then it describes it, and then it says, oh, but the description precedes the thing described. And that leads to this internal contradiction. You cannot account for mind in terms of an abstraction of mind - which is matter as defined under physicalism. So what you're saying is that the hard problem of consciousness doesn't describe a problem that can be solved. It's just showing us we've taken a wrong turn. Retrace our steps back and try another more promising avenue.
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