Monist vs. Dualist Experiment?

[bennyboy]

This is not a fair criticism, though often repeated. You never ask what is it about matter that allows it to give rise to physical properties, do you?

I'm not sure this helps the dualist case. If the answer to that question is "Dunno, but we can see it's true. Guess it must be considered a brute fact," then matter becomes the magical property-mill, and you are left explaining why such a substance would be limited in the properties it produces-- specifically why not consciousnous?

I think it's because scientists DO have some understanding of how matter gives rise to many properties, and how unlike the property of consciousness is to any of the others, that gives it a special status. Specifically, all other properties are objectively observable, while mind is not.