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Non-physicalist Theories of Consciousness offers a systematic exploration of philosophical approaches that question whether consciousness can be entirely reduced to physical phenomena. Hedda Hassel Mørch examines major non-physicalist frameworks, including dualism, panpsychism, and idealism, analyzing their theoretical foundations and implications for our understanding of the mind.
The Element evaluates the strengths and weaknesses of each approach, considering how they address key problems in philosophy of mind such as the explanatory gap and the hard problem of consciousness. Mørch discusses the relationship between consciousness and physical properties, the nature of subjective experience, and the metaphysical commitments required by different theories.
This work provides philosophers, cognitive scientists, and students with a thorough introduction to non-physicalist perspectives, presenting rigorous arguments for why some thinkers reject physicalism as an adequate framework for explaining consciousness and subjective experience.
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