First-person interventions and the meta-problem of consciousness

Colin Klein; Andrew B. Barron

First-person interventions and the meta-problem of consciousness

Colin Klein^*, Andrew B. Barron

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Abstract

Chalmers’ (2018) meta-problem of consciousness emphasizes unexpected common ground between otherwise incompatible positions. We argue that the materialist should welcome discussion of the meta-problem. We suggest that the core of the metaproblem is the seeming arbitrariness of subjective experience. This has an unexpected resolution when one moves to an interventionist account of scientific explanation: the same interventions that resolve the hard problem should also resolve the meta-problem.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	82-90
Number of pages	9
Journal	Journal of Consciousness Studies
Volume	27
Issue number	5-6
Publication status	Published - 2020

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