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Experiential Event Dualism

William S. Robinson

Journal of Consciousness Studies December 1, 2025 DOI: 10.53765/20512201.32.11.072 (opens in new tab)

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Key points Argues that a specific form of dualism can coherently account for the unity of consciousness and pre-reflective self-consciousness, leading to clarified understanding of consciousness.

Abstract

Stimulations of our sense organs are events that cause brain events that cause our experiences, which are also events. The first part of this paper explains commitments required for the best form of dualism that keeps these facts clearly in view. The second part of this paper addresses two matters that may seem to threaten the viability of the view established in the first part: unity of consciousness and alleged pre‐reflective self‐consciousness. It is shown how to account for these matters in a way that is consistent with the dualism described in the first part of the paper. The resulting view supports fundamental clarifications in our understanding of consciousness.

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