Grounding Physicalism and the New Challenge of Consciousness
Erkenntnis February 16, 2026 Marcelino Botin, Markel Kortabarria
Abstract Grounding is a non-reductive relation which promises to help physicalists deal with the hard problem of consciousness. Grounding physicalists, however, are yet to face the new challenge for physicalism, which consists of explaining our substantive phenomenal knowledge. Among the difficulties posed by this challenge, grounding physicalists struggle the most in accounting for revelation,...