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The mystery of emergence | Suchitra Sebastian, Philip Goff, Hilary Lawson

Philosophy For Our Times

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Exploring Emergence, Consciousness, and Panpsychism

The chapter delves into the debate on emergence and consciousness, contrasting weak emergence like liquidity with the non-mechanical property of consciousness. It discusses panpsychism's role in explaining physical reality's emergence from consciousness and clarifies the scientific approach of empirically encountering phenomena to create explanatory models. The dialogue also touches on the challenges in studying consciousness and the synthesis of science and philosophy in understanding reality.

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