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The Importance of Consciousness
Panpsychism is the idea that there are just conscious particles. Alex's mind, once it comes into existence, is something novel and irreducible to his parents. How does this happen? This is seen as the biggest challenge to panpsychism. We can account for physics in terms of by postulating consciousness. It's not just sticking it in the gap but playing an explanatory role.