Categoría: Dualism
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Only mammals and birds are sentient, according to Nick Humphrey
Only mammals and birds are sentient, according to neuroscientist Nick Humphrey’s theory of consciousness, recently explained in “Sentience: The invention of consciousness”. In 2023, Nick Humphrey published his book Sentience: The invention of consciousness (S:TIOC). In this book he proposed a theory of consciousness that implies, he says, that only mammals and birds have any…
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Consciousness baffles me, but not the Hard Problem
Simply put, the Hard Problem asks the following question: how can the machinery of the brain (the neurons and synapses) produce consciousness — the colours that we see, for example, or the sounds that we hear? https://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-07-07/david-chalmers-and-the-puzzle-of-consciousness/8679884 «Consciousness baffles me, but not the Hard Problem. The Hard Problem arises only if one makes a metaphysical…
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Consciousness as something fundamental, that pre-exists in our Universe
Consciousness is fundamental, pre-exists our Universe and manifests in everything that we think of as real. A brain, as important as it seems, is nothing more than the way that non-local consciousness operates at an «avatar» level during a lifetime. The evidence that all of this is true is consistent and overwhelming. But mainstream science…
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Integrating information in the brain’s EM field: the cemi field theory of consciousness
A key aspect of consciousness is that it represents bound or integrated information, prompting an increasing conviction that the physical substrate of consciousness must be capable of encoding integrated information in the brain. However, as Ralph Landauer insisted, ‘information is physical’ so integrated information must be physically integrated. I argue here that nearly all examples…
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Teorías de la sintiencia: una charla con Magnus Vinding
English version Magnus Vinding es un filósofo centrado en reducir el sufrimiento. En su obra desarrolla temas como el altruismo eficaz, el antiespeciesismo, la ética centrada en el sufrimiento (sobre la que actualmente está escribiendo un libro) y cuestiones de identidad personal y ontología, como el individualismo abierto y el fisicalismo. Es licenciado en matemáticas…
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The imperative to abolish suffering: an interview with David Pearce
English | Español | Português Photo: Peter Singer, Justin Oakley and David Pearce at EA Global Melbourne. David Pearce is a British philosopher famous for his idea that there is a strong ethical imperative for human beings to work towards the abolition of suffering of all sentient beings (named «The Hedonistic Imperative«). In the manifesto,…
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On theories of sentience: a talk with Magnus Vinding
Magnus Vinding is a philosopher focused on reducing suffering. In his works, he has covered topics such as effective altruism, anti-speciesism, suffering-focused ethics (about which he was writing a book at the time of this interview), and issues of personal identity and ontology, such as open individualism and physicalism. He has a degree in mathematics…
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Is the Orthogonality Thesis Defensible if We Assume Both Valence Realism and Open Individualism?
«I suppose it’s contingent on whether or not digital zombies are capable of general intelligence, which is an open question. However, phenomenally bound subjective world simulations seem like an uncharacteristic extravagance on the part of evolution if non-sphexish p-zombie general intelligence is possible. Of course, it may be possible, but just not reachable through Darwinian…
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Monism, dualism, trialism, quadrialism and beyond
«Monistic theories (monism) defend a single type of substance that composes reality (for example, matter -materialism-. Others instead claim that the spirit or psyche -panpsychism-). Dualistic theories (dualism) defend two types of substances (for example, body and mind) or two worlds (earth and sky). Trialist theories (trialism) defend the existence of three types of substances…
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El imperativo de abolir el sufrimiento: una entrevista con David Pearce
English | Español | Português Foto: Peter Singer, Justin Oakley y David Pearce en el evento EA Global Melbourne. David Pearce es un filósofo británico famoso por su propuesta de que los humanos tenemos un gran imperativo ético para trabajar por la abolición del sufrimiento de todos los seres sintientes (conocida como «El Imperativo Hedonista«).…