Philosophers clash over a taxonomy of consciousness theories, from dualism to IIT
burny_tech · x · 2026-10-10
- A reposted debate criticizes a taxonomy of theories of consciousness on several points.
- Key objections: dualism is compatible with any view on the list, so it does not work as a separate category.
- Most dualists are property dualists, holding consciousness is a non-physical property of physical things; and the way IIT is described would generalize to all functionalist theories, making the taxonomy inconsistent.
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