Does consciousness begin with the laws of physics or human experience?
In short: Naotsugu Tsuchiya explores whether our current understanding of physical science is sufficient to explain the nature of subjective experience. This discussion challenges the standard approach to consciousness by questioning if we should start with matter or the mind.
Professor Naotsugu Tsuchiya argues for an internalist starting point when investigating consciousness, suggesting that our own experiences may be more fundamental than physical processes. While he acknowledges Integrated Information Theory as a promising framework, he remains open to phenomena that current physics and science are currently unable to account for.
The conversation highlights a critical tension in modern thought: whether consciousness is an emergent property of matter or something that requires a different foundational logic altogether.
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