Spór o naturę świadomości

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The study examines the debate on whether consciousness can be fully explained in physical terms, highlighting that it remains uncertain if conscious states are identical to physical states. The author reviews key arguments suggesting that conscious states are distinct from physical states and contends that materialists lack adequate responses to these arguments.

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Although phenomenal consciousness resists explanation in physical terms, it remains an open question whether or not consciousness is an intrinsically physical phenomenon since it remains an open question whether or not conscious states are identical with physical states. This question is one of the key issues of debate in contemporary philosophy of mind. Here I survey some of the key arguments designed to show that conscious states are not physical states. I argue that materialists have no satisfactory response to those arguments.

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