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Biological naturalism, synthetic phenomenology, and the physics of awareness.

Thomas Metzinger

Behavioral and Brain Sciences September 17, 2026 DOI: 10.1017/s0140525x25103695 (opens in new tab)

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Topics Philosophy of mind

Abstract

Biological naturalism may collapse into eliminative materialism, and the ethics of synthetic phenomenology will remain.

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  • Suggests that biological naturalism may collapse into eliminative materialism and that the ethics of synthetic phenomenology will remain an open issue.

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