A Panpsychist Dead End. (2nd July 2021)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Nagasawa, Yujin
• Is Part Of: Supplement to the proceedings of the Aristotelian Society. Volume 95(2021)
• Page Start: 25
• Page End: 50
• Publication Date: 2021-07-02
• Subjects: Philosophy -- Periodicals; Philosophy -- Congresses; Periodicals; 100
• DOI: 10.1093/arisup/akab011
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0309-7013

Abstract

Abstract: Panpsychism has received much attention in the philosophy of mind in recent years. So-called constitutive Russellian panpsychism, in particular, is considered by many the most promising panpsychist approach to the hard problem of consciousness. In this paper, however, I develop a new challenge to this approach. I argue that the three elements of constitutive Russellian panpsychism—that is, the constitutive element, the Russellian element and the panpsychist element—jointly entail a 'cognitive dead end'. That is, even if constitutive Russellian panpsychism is true, we cannot ascertain how it might solve the hard problem of consciousness.