The inference from 'consciousness is fundamental' to 'consciousness cannot be explained via nonconscious items' illicitly assumes that fundamentality excludes all structural or compositional accounts.
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A component of epistemology in Nyāya philosophy; a veritable inference yields knowledge about the world and must have premises that are themselves known
nonconscious(as used in philosophy of mind)
Lacking awareness or subjective experience; things like atoms, chemical reactions, or unconscious processes that don't involve feeling or thinking.
structural account(as used in metaphysics and philosophy of mind)
An explanation that describes how something works by breaking it down into parts and showing how those parts fit together and interact.