
Sean Carroll and Barry Loewer: What Does Physics Tell Us About Consciousness?
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Are the Philosophical Arguments Against Reduction Work?
If the philosophical arguments against reduction work, then we have very, very good reason to think strong emergence is true. And as i we've got no significant empirical evidence to the contrary. On the other hand, if the Philosophical arguments against reductionism don't work,then we don't need any empirical reason to doubt strong emergence. That's my main claim that shawn seems to think, and i think barry thinks, possibly, a, thatu know, reflection on physics can tell t can give us strong reason to thinkstrong emergencs. Ar, and then third discussion point, you know, duchans argue, oshan's offered arguments against a panpsychist
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