On naturalism and consciousness

[bennyboy]

Your definition of "experience" is too broad that it encoposses everything I could possible use.

That's kind of the point. Experience does in fact encompass everything that we think, perceive, or know about.

Again, it is like asking to explain the science of gravity, but complaining that I'm using science to do it.

No, it's not like that.

Idealistic monism doesn't explain the existing "experiences" we have. Like peoples experiences can be changed by drugs whether they like it or not. Hense, it isn't even an option for occam's razor.

Drug use and its effect on the mind are not incompatible with idealistic monism at all. I think you're thinking of solipsism.

I really hate it when people misuse occam's razor.It is NOT just the simplest view. It is the simplest that explains ALL of the observable "experiences."

Grrrr I hate that too. We should talk about it.

Okay let's play a game. I'll claim that reality is intrinsically experiential, and that our interactions with the objective universe are a category of experience, and not provably more than that. You claim that the universe is intrinsically physical in nature, and then explain, since you are master of the proper use of Occam's razor, "ALL of the observable 'experiences'." Hint: be prepared to present a plausible theory of the physical mechanism of mind.