Kinds Without Structure Are Blind; Structure Without Kinds Is Empty: Remarks on the Methodology of Consciousness Science
Journal for General Philosophy of Science March 14, 2026 Majid Davoody Beni
Abstract This paper critically examines the challenges in consciousness research, with a focus on natural kind (NK) reasoning. It proposes supplementing NK reasoning with a structural realist framework, shifting the focus from identifying a natural kind of consciousness to understanding invariant structural relationships across diverse theories, thereby addressing divergence and ensuring...