Universal attribution of consciousness to all physical entities, including electrons, entails consciousness without functional or organizational realization, which Kim-style physicalism explicitly prohibits.
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Organizational realization(describing what could produce consciousness)
The idea that consciousness depends on how a system's parts are structured and connected together.
Physical entities(describing what consciousness is supposedly attributed to)
Things made of matter that exist in the physical world, like electrons, atoms, rocks, or brains.
Universal attribution of consciousness(describing a philosophical position)
The belief that every single thing in the universe, even tiny particles, has some form of awareness or experience.
consciousness(Philosophy of mind; framing the 'What is consciousness?' question)
A dynamic process characterized by self-transforming flow, intentional coherence, and semantic self-understanding, rather than a static or momentary state.
physicalism(The target position that the knowledge argument is designed to refute)
The thesis that physical theory can in principle account for everything there is to know about the world