Subjective Holism and the Problem of Consciousness | ||
| پژوهشهای فلسفی -کلامی | ||
| دوره 26، شماره 3، مهر 1403، صفحه 135-150 اصل مقاله (1.64 M) | ||
| نوع مقاله: مقاله علمی پژوهشی | ||
| شناسه دیجیتال (DOI): 10.22091/jptr.2024.10773.3062 | ||
| نویسندگان | ||
| Siamak Abdollahi* 1؛ Mansour Nasiri2 | ||
| 1Ph.D. in Philosophy, Department of Philosophy, Faculty of Theology, Farabi Campus, University of Tehran, Qom, Iran | ||
| 2Associate Professor, Department of Philosophy, Faculty of Theology, Farabi Campus, University of Tehran, Qom, Iran | ||
| چکیده | ||
| How does unconscious matter become conscious? How does our physical part, which lacks consciousness, have such a subjective quality? This is the explanatory gap in the problem of consciousness or the hard problem of consciousness which comes from a physicalist (eliminativist physicalism) point of view. From the opposite point of view, that is, dualism, the mind-body problem has led to the problem of consciousness and the explanation of how our unconscious physical (matter) part (substance) is related to our conscious mental part (substance). If the problem of consciousness is the result of such views (eliminativism and dualism), is it possible to adopt a different perspective so that the problem does not arise at all? Or find a solution for it (maximum answer) or at least determine the right way to solve the problem (minimum answer)? The current research goes into this issue by adopting subjectivism and holism to make its subjective holism theory. Therefore, it gives a positive (maximum and minimum) answer to the above questions. | ||
| کلیدواژهها | ||
| Explanatory gap؛ Explanatory power؛ Downward Causation؛ Mind-Body Problem؛ Complex System؛ Emergence؛ Conscious Experience | ||
| موضوعات | ||
| فلسفه ذهن | ||
| عنوان مقاله [English] | ||
| Subjective Holism and the Problem of Consciousness. | ||
| نویسندگان [English] | ||
| Siamak Abdollahi1؛ Mansour Nasiri2 | ||
| 1Ph.D. in Philosophy, Department of Philosophy, Faculty of Theology, Farabi Campus, University of Tehran, Qom, Iran | ||
| 2Associate Professor, Department of Philosophy, Faculty of Theology, Farabi Campus, University of Tehran, Qom, Iran | ||
| چکیده [English] | ||
| How does unconscious matter become conscious? How does our physical part, which lacks consciousness, have such a subjective quality? This is the explanatory gap in the problem of consciousness or the hard problem of consciousness which comes from a physicalist (eliminativist physicalism) point of view. From the opposite point of view, i.e. dualism, the mind-body problem has led to the problem of consciousness and the explanation of how our unconscious physical (matter) part (substance) is related to our conscious mental part (substance). If the problem of consciousness is the result of such views (eliminativism and dualism), is it possible to adopt a different perspective so that the problem does not arise at all? Or find a solution for it (maximum answer) or at least determine the right way to solve the problem (minimum answer)? The current research goes to this issue by adopting subjectivism and holism to make its subjective holism theory. Therefore, it gives a positive (maximum and minimum) answer to the above questions. | ||
| کلیدواژهها [English] | ||
| Holism, Subjectivism, Problem of Consciousness, Explanatory Gap, Explanatory Power, Downward Causation | ||
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