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Re:The unending quest to explain consciousness by skissane on Friday December 06, 2019 @05:17AM (#21720526)
You assume that dualism and materialism are the only options. You ignore other possibilities, such as idealism and neutral monism.
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Re:The unending quest to explain consciousness by cygx on Friday December 06, 2019 @06:03AM (#21720716)
You're right. The dividing line is whether or not you think the physical and the mental necessarily coincide, which is in principle an orthogonal issue.
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