(January 23, 2019 at 9:42 pm)bennyboy Wrote: I'd support the evolution of consciousness-- defined as the ability to interact with the environment via sensory input, processing, and behavioral output with enough complexity to adapt to environmental pressures-- as being pretty obvious. That includes the idea of the evolution of DNA, of the brain, and so on.I'm still not sure what's informing you here, in any of this? However the world happens to be.....subjective experience fits. Subjective experience is the purportedly known quantity in this question....and the status of the universe the conjecture?
I'd even say that the particular way in which humans experience must be unique to the sensory apparatus, including the brain.
But I'm really not convinced that in a material monist Universe, there's any place for subjective awareness-- unless we're talking about material which is intrinsically mental in nature. I'd very much look to panpsychism or idealism as better world views, especially given some of the things we know about QM.
Quote:And here's the bonus. In panpsychism, evolution of mind makes sense.In some specific way that some other explanation doesn't..or...?
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