Is Consciousness Beyond Physical Explanation?

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In summary, according to Chalmers, naturalistic dualism says that there are some phenomena that can't be explained by explaining the coming and goings of material things. These phenomena are called "mental phenomena". Chalmers argues that these phenomena are not explained by appealing to any description of the physical state of the world that isn't a description of what physically occurs.

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DaveC426913 said:
That would definitely qualify as being in an altered state of consciousness, resulting in irrational behaviour, yup. Kinda my point.

I can't get your idea. I thought it is normal for people to forget and then remember.
 
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It would take me weeks to clean up the tangential and unrelated replies in this thread. Locked.
 
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