Why Minds Need Bodies: Organismic Unity and Limits of Artificial Consciousness
Comparative Philosophy An International Journal of Constructive Engagement of Distinct Approaches toward World Philosophy August 2, 2026 Renée Snow
This paper argues that functional organization alone is not sufficient for phenomenal consciousness or the existence of a unified subject of experience. While many contemporary accounts of artificial consciousness assume that replicating the causal or computational structure of the brain would be sufficient for subjective experience, this paper identifies a deeper constraint: consciousness...