Randomness, panpsychism, causal determinism and a totally global fatalism for the real physical world: non-physical existence of mind/consciousness, mental model and their neural substrates
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AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Theoretical or philosophical paper |
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| Key points | Argues that causal determinism entails a global fatalism in which individuals have no control even over their choices, since choices are governed by neurons and neurons by physical laws. The author further claims that a non-physical mind or consciousness would have no causal impact on the physical world, choices, or the neural substrate. |
Abstract
An individual has no control even over his/her choices. His/her choices are controlled by his neurons. His/her neurons are controlled by the physical laws. So, his/her choices are controlled by the physical laws. So, he/she is powerless to do anything other than what he/she actually does. This is the view of fatalism. Specifically, this is the view of a totally global fatalism, where people have no control even over their choices. And I just argued for fatalism by appeal to causal determinism. The non-physical existence of mind or the non-physical existence of consciousness has no impact on the physical world, the choices, or the neural substrate of the non-physical mind/consciousness.