Gao, Shan (2024) Does the Conscious Mind Obey the Laws of Physics? [Preprint]
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According to the laws of physics, the state of a physical system can only be measured by another system (usually a particular measuring device) via a physical interaction. However, when our brain is in a conscious mental state, it can in principle output the information about its physical state based on the psycho-physical correspondance between the mental state and the physical state. It is argued that this suggests that the conscious mind violates physical laws and it is not physical as physicalism claims.
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| Keywords: | Conscious mind; mental state; physical state; physical laws; physicalism | ||||||
| Subjects: | General Issues > Causation Specific Sciences > Cognitive Science > Consciousness General Issues > Laws of Nature Specific Sciences > Physics > Quantum Mechanics General Issues > Reductionism/Holism |
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| Depositing User: | Prof. Shan Gao | ||||||
| Date Deposited: | 22 Jul 2024 11:47 | ||||||
| Last Modified: | 22 Jul 2024 11:47 | ||||||
| Item ID: | 23699 | ||||||
| Subjects: | General Issues > Causation Specific Sciences > Cognitive Science > Consciousness General Issues > Laws of Nature Specific Sciences > Physics > Quantum Mechanics General Issues > Reductionism/Holism |
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| Date: | 18 July 2024 | ||||||
| URI: | https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/23699 |
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