Tag: Hard Problem of consciousness (as not so hard)

Cozy morning with coffee and a book by the sunny window with plants

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Denyse O'Leary
Date
June 18, 2026

Categorized
Panpsychism, Plant Mind, Politics

Tagged
Animism, Hard Problem of consciousness (as not so hard), Natalie Lawrence, Paco Calvo, Planta Sapiens (2022), Plants as conscious}

Consciousness in Plants Rebrands an Exploded Materialism

_{It’s not so much that consciousness in plants is being demonstrated as that what consciousness means is changing so as to include plants} _{Denyse O'Leary
June 18, 2026

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Panpsychism, Plant Mind, Politics}

Instead of being expected to believe that human consciousness is an illusion, we may believe it exists — along with the cabbage mind and the electron mind.

Man in surreal maze, facing labyrinth challenge, complex problem decision, strategy for success, concept of life obstacles and solutions

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Denyse O'Leary
Date
June 10, 2026

Categorized
Philosophy of Mind, Physics

Tagged
Anil Seth (on Hard Problem of consciousness), Carlo Rovelli, David Chalmers, Hard Problem of consciousness (as not so hard), Tim Bayne}

Can We Talk the Hard Problem of Consciousness Out of Existence?

_{A prominent theoretical physicist thinks it is worth a try} _{Denyse O'Leary
June 10, 2026

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Philosophy of Mind, Physics}

We don’t have a reason to expect the eliminative materialism Carlo Rovelli recommends, which has not helped in the past, to be more help in the future.

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Denyse O'Leary
Date
May 15, 2024

Categorized
Philosophy of Mind, Physics

Tagged
Ethan Siegel, Featured, Hard Problem of consciousness (as not so hard)}

Astrophysicist: Electricity Can Account For Human Consciousness

_{Ethan Siegel set out to show that there is no design in the universe and that included reducing consciousness to electricity, with the details still to be ironed out} _{Denyse O'Leary
May 15, 2024

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Philosophy of Mind, Physics}

It’s useful to know that this sort of fact-free performance is acceptable, given the state of a materialist interpretation of consciousness today.

Illustration of synapse and neuron on a blue background.

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News
Date
February 3, 2022

Categorized
Neuroscience, Philosophy of Mind

Tagged
Anil Seth (on Hard Problem of consciousness), Hard Problem of consciousness (as not so hard)}

Neuroscientists: The Hard Problem of Consciousness Isn’t So Hard!

_{Damasio and Seth tell Nautilus that materialist explanations will eventually crack consciousness, as they have cracked everything else} _{News
February 3, 2022

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Neuroscience, Philosophy of Mind}

If consciousness remains unexplained by materialist theories, we are entitled to conclude, at least provisionally, that it is not a material phenomenon.