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    Consciousness on/off switch?

    I used idealism as an example because it seems to be the dominant mind =/ brain model in philosophical circles, but I would agree that mind =/ brain is unfalsifiable in dualist models as well. I don't see this as a valid reason to discount these models, because I think that materialist views of...
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    Consciousness on/off switch?

    Idealism might indeed be unfalsifiable. That does not mean that it's not correct. The true nature of reality might be unfalsifiable. I view idealism as the simplest explanation that can account for all known facts. How is the existence of matter outside of mind falsifiable?
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    Consciousness on/off switch?

    I don’t see how this article changes the nature of the debate at all. We already knew that physical triggers like anesthesia result in ‘unconsciousness’. This demonstrates a correlation. It does not prove that the brain causes consciousness. What we have here is simply a more specific...
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    ---Introduce yourself---

    It seems my account was deleted when the forum crashed, so I'll reintroduce myself. On the previous forum I went by the name AnduinX. I was mostly a lurker, but I intend to post more this time around. I am 29, and have had an interest in survival science for over a decade. I do not believe...
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