In a recent paper, Schneider and Bailey (this issue) argue for the view superpsychism by way of their 'prototime interpretation', which argues that entanglement occurs in an aspatial/prototemportal level from which, they argue, space-time and consciousness arise. In this essay, rather than arguing whether superpsychism/the prototime interpretation is correct or preferable to other views in the...
The hard problem of consciousness has been a perennially vexing issue for the study of consciousness, particularly in giving a scientific and naturalized account of phenomenal experience. At the heart of the hard problem is an often-overlooked argument, which is at the core of the hard problem, and that is the structure and dynamics (S&D) argument. In this essay, I will argue that we have good...
Objective correlates-behavioral, functional, and neural-provide essential tools for the scientific study of consciousness. But reliance on these correlates should not lead to the 'fallacy of misplaced objectivity': the assumption that only objective properties should and can be accounted for objectively through science. Instead, what needs to be explained scientifically is what experience is...