Abstract
Panpsychism has received much attention in the philosophy of mind in recent years. So-called constitutive Russellian panpsychism, in particular, is considered by many the most promising panpsychist approach to the hard problem of consciousness. In this paper, however, I develop a new challenge to this approach. I argue that the three elements of constitutive Russellian panpsychism—that is, the constitutive element, the Russellian element and the panpsychist element—jointly entail a ‘cognitive dead end’. That is, even if constitutive Russellian panpsychism is true, we cannot ascertain how it might solve the hard problem of consciousness.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 25-50 |
Journal | Aristotelian Society Supplementary Volume |
Volume | 95 |
Issue number | 1 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2 Jul 2021 |