A Non-Greedy Physicalism of Mind

July 13, 2023 Michael Lensi

Various drawings of mechanical cranes, cranes being Daniel Dennett's metaphor for natural complexity driving ontological diversity. — Mechanical cranes: Dennett’s metaphor for natural complexity driving ontological diversity.

Non-greedy physicalism is at once appropriately reductive, non-epiphenomenal, and preserves ontic qualia without the need for strong emergence.

Three Ways I've Changed my Mind on Mind

September 17, 2022 Michael Lensi

In which I make the following points: 1. The Cortical Fallacy is Real, 2. Consciousness is (Essentially) Not Substrate-Free, and 3. Consciousness and Intelligence are Not the Same Thing

The Meaning of 1010011

March 15, 2021 Michael Lensi

All this research paints a picture of minute physical systems which build up via self-organization principles into what we call life. As Kolchinsky suggests, this is pre-cognitive behavior. Does this behavior eventually build up into and explain consciousness as well?