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View SchemaA thought experiment on consciousness
| Authors | Germano D'Abramo |
|---|---|
| Categories | |
| ArXiv ID | physics/0310154 |
| URL | https://arxiv.org/abs/physics/0310154 |
| Journal | NeuroQuantology (2007) Vol. 5, Issue 4, Page 392-395. |
Abstract
The Mind-Body Problem, which constitutes the starting point for a large part of the speculations about consciousness and conscious experience, can be re-stated in an equivalent way, using the `brain duplication' argument described in this paper. If we assume that consciousness follows from a peculiar organization of physical matter and energy, namely that it does not transcend physical reality, then the brain duplication argument gives a possible interesting physical characterization of the mind: namely, a sort of extensive interdependence of the brain with the whole surrounding physical world in giving rise to consciousness.
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