Panpsychism and the Hard Problem of Consciousness

Nathan Young
13 min readOct 28, 2020

THE HARD PROBLEM OF CONSCIOUSNESS

Among the hardest problems currently facing philosophy and science is understanding how consciousness can emerge from nothing more than physical activity in the brain. How is it possible that the three-pound lump of cellular tissue floating in our skulls is able to produce the full spectrum of our mental lives? How do we get the experience of…

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