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  • Metaphysics
  • Consciousness Studies

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  • A common observation in conscious experience is that events are typically followed by mental states for which they offer normative justification.
  • This 'harmonious correlation' between experiences and subsequent states requires a theoretical explanation.
  • Existing biological theories, positing consciousness in biological entities, face challenges in adequately addressing these explanatory demands.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To evaluate the explanatory power of biological theories regarding the correlation between experiences and subsequent mental states.
  • To present panpsychism as a viable alternative framework for explaining these correlations.
  • To introduce a novel 'psychophysical fine-tuning' argument in favor of panpsychism.

Main Methods:

  • Critical analysis of existing biological approaches to the mind-body problem and consciousness.
  • Development of a theoretical argument for panpsychism based on its explanatory advantages.
  • Drawing parallels between cosmological fine-tuning arguments and the proposed psychophysical fine-tuning argument.

Main Results:

  • Identified significant limitations in current biological theories' ability to explain the normative correlations in conscious experience.
  • Demonstrated that panpsychism, the view that consciousness is ubiquitous, provides a more attractive explanatory framework.
  • Established a psychophysical fine-tuning argument that supports panpsychism, analogous to multiverse arguments in cosmology.

Conclusions:

  • Biological theories are insufficient to fully account for the structure of conscious experience.
  • Panpsychism offers a robust and promising alternative for understanding consciousness and its relationship to the physical world.
  • The psychophysical fine-tuning argument provides novel support for panpsychist metaphysical views.