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Jicheng Chen

3 papers in the library · publishing 2022-2025

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An holism solution to reconcile the hard problem of consciousness

PsyArXiv September 28, 2025 Jicheng Chen, Jia Jiangkun, Jia Ensuo et al. preprint

Natural science is founded on materialism. We treat the independent relationship between inner experience and outer physical entities as an axiom. This cognitive paradigm has successfully explained many natural phenomena; however, certain phenomena, such as those in quantum mechanics and psychological experiments, challenge this view, suggesting the inseparability of the inner and outer. Yet,...

The hard problem of consciousness-A perspective from holistic philosophy.

Frontiers in Neuroscience 2022 Jicheng Chen, Linlin Chen

Based on a material view and reductionism, science has achieved great success. These cognitive paradigms treat the external as an objective existence and ignore internal consciousness. However, this cognitive paradigm, which we take for granted, has also led to some dilemmas related to consciousness in biology and physics. Together, these phenomena reveal the interaction and inseparable side of...

DOI: 10.3389/fnins.2022.975281 (opens in new tab) Full text (opens in new tab) Contradiction Free energy principle Holistic philosophy Perception +2

The hard problem of consciousness - A perspectives from holistic philosophy II

Jicheng Chen preprint

Natural science is founded on materialism. As scientists delve deeper into the microscopic level, paradoxes related to consciousness emerge. The phenomena revealed by biology and physics suggest that we cannot regard the subject and object (or the inner and outer) as independent; rather, they are inseparable. Science takes falsifiability as its gold standard, yet inner experiences seem...