Skip to content
Carmelics
TopicsThinkersChangesContributorsLoading account…

    Carmelics

    A reasoning platform. Break down any belief into clear reasons, explore both sides, and weigh the evidence honestly.

    Navigate

    • Topics
    • Search
    • Recent Changes
    • Contribute
    • How It Works
    • Glossary
    • Thinkers
    • Contributors
    • About
    • Statistics
    • Terms
    • Privacy

    Database

    Statements
    —
    Perspectives
    —
    Topics
    —

    Press ? for keyboard shortcuts

    LoyalLoyalJusticeJustice
    Made withinDC&Austin
    Statements
    321,452
    Perspectives
    108,905
    Topics
    42
    Home/Original/inverse
    See Original
    Inverse View

    It is not the case that Eliminativist and identity-theory traditions (Place, Smart, Armstrong) give us strong empirical and ontological reasons to reject a non-spatial res cogitans.

    ?Set your confidence on the premises below to see your aggregate.

    Reasons For

    1 perspective
    Reason for
    ?
    • 1.Neural correlates of consciousness exist, but correlation doesn't entail identity or that consciousness is purely physical.
      ?

      Think about whether this reason is strong or weak

    • 2.First-person subjective experience (qualia) resists reduction to third-person physical descriptions; explanatory gap remains.
      ?

      Think about whether this reason is strong or weak

    • 3.Identity theory assumes physicalism rather than proving it; the claim begs the question against dualist metaphysics.
      ?

      Think about whether this reason is strong or weak

    Reasons Against

    1 perspective
    Reason against
    ?
    • 1.Mental states correlate perfectly with brain states; neuroscience finds no causal gaps requiring non-spatial explanation.
      ?

      Think about whether this reason is strong or weak

    • 2.Non-spatial substances violate conservation laws of physics and create intractable interaction problems with the body.
      ?

      Think about whether this reason is strong or weak

    • 3.Parsimony favors one ontology (matter) over two; spatial physicalism requires fewer primitive entities than dualism.
      ?

      Think about whether this reason is strong or weak

    Next step

    Based on where you are in your exploration

    Strongest counterpoint
    Explore the most compelling reason on the other side.