Physicalism's Ambiguity Problem - Is proving / disproving physicalism even possible?
JANUARY 3, 2024 A writing by Lance S. Bush prompted me to wonder whether either physicalism or non-physicalism could be proved, specifically whether it could be proved to my own personal satisfaction. The title of this writing suggests that I’m about to challenge physicalism with some kind of problem. I am. But the problem actually cuts both ways, challenging both physicalism and anti-physicalism. I just gave this writing that title because I have a bias against physicalism. My bias also means I will describe the problem mostly in terms of how it challenges physicalism, instead of how it challenges anti-physicalism. And, for all I know, the problem has been solved. Perhaps one of my readers will be kind enough to point me toward the problem’s resolution. So I begin by stating the problem of ambiguity. Given any conscious physical body, I can’t understand how anybody could distinguish between two alternative interpretations of the physical body’s relationship to it’s consciousness...
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