Lexicon of Arguments

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II 37
Dualism/McGinn: is much closer to our common sense than other perspectives.
Definition dualism/McGinn: the view that between mind and brain is no logical relation.
The fact that we cannot explain the mind with reference to the brain, is that, that it is not essentially dependent on the brain. Consciousness is a separate basic factor in the universe, such as space, time, matter.
Perception/mind/brain/McGinn: E.g. that I perceive a loud bang, presents itself as a different kind of phenomenon as the electrical activity in my brain.
II 38
McGinnVsDualism: the problem is that he goes too far in the interpretation of data. He responds to the appearances by declaring that the mind is virtually independent of the brain.
1. The zombie problem
2. The ghost problem
Zombie/Dualism/McGinn: the zombie problem of dualism is that it allows us to withdraw the mind from the brain and leaves the brain intact. The zombie alternative is committed to epiphenomenalism.
>Zombies, >Epiphenomenalism.
II 40
Definition ghost problem/McGinn: is the reversal of the zombie problem: When the mind is separated from the body, not just the brain can exist without the mind, but also the mind without the brain. How could the mind then affect the physical world?
Why do we even have such complex brains when they are so unnecessary for the functioning of the mind? Why does brain damage erases mental abilities?
II 107ff
Dualism/McGinn: There are two possible dualisms without God:
  1. Hyperdualism
  2. Panpsychism
Definition Hyperdualism/McGinn: Suppose during the Big Bang there were two universes, a material and a parallel, which consisted only of consciousness. It does not contain matter, not even space. It consists in a kind of world mind, a vast sea of conscious sensations. However, it is totally disorganized. There is no self, no individual mind, as we know it. We can imagine, it contains particles, the basic building blocks of what will later become mind.
Definition Panpsychism/McGinn: moves the mind back into the material world (VsHyperdualism).("Elvis Is Everywhere").
>Panpsychism.
     He says that consciousness is everywhere and wafts through outer space (presumably with Elvis together). That means, all matter, even stones, plankton, electrons and stars carry a trace of consciousness in themselves. The material components of the brain already carry their own special awareness package with themselves.
II 119
With that he claims that we already know which properties of the brain give rise to consciousness, namely the individual building blocks. (VsEmergence).
  a) Hard version of panpsychism: the neurons in the brain literally feel the pain, see yellow, thinking about dinner. - And the same do electrons and stars.
Brain/panpsychism/McGinn: there still remain problems related to the generative forces of the brain: two points of view:
  a) The brain plays a minimal role, only one kind of trigger
  b) The brain plays a more active role: the brain makes use of the properties of matter and transforms it by its particular structure in mind. McGinn pro.
McGinn pro Panpsychism: all matter must have the potential to co-found awareness.
>Awareness/Chalmers.

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