Why Metabolism and Valence Have No Evident Conceptual Link to Consciousness
yeastsplainer · x · 2026-10-10
A philosophy-of-mind exchange responding to a summary of bio-naturalism's defects: biological features like metabolism, evaluation/valence, and autopoiesis have no evident conceptual connection with consciousness. The author adds a nuance — conceptual disconnection of valence from consciousness seems wrong only if you misconstrue valence as the core, morally salient type of consciousness; the original post explains this clearly.