Panpsychism Makes a Comeback; supported III (General)

by dhw, Thursday, February 01, 2018, 14:00 (2274 days ago) @ David Turell

dhw: I share Chalmer’s view that so far every theory sounds incredible. Bottom-up panpsychism is the alternative that I have been defending in our discussions as an alternative to your top-down form. I do not regard dualism as incompatible with either, and I have already offered a hypothesis that reconciles dualism and materialism to a certain degree.

DAVID: What is incredible is that we are consciously here trying to figure out why we are here. All of reality sitting on a base of quantum mechanics which our consciousness tells us is counterfactual. No wonder we struggle to understand it. But we keep struggling because we are driven to find answers.

For once we are in total agreement! And for ten years, you and I have accompanied each other in the struggle. L’chaim, dear friend!