Isn't that restating the question of its existence?

The hard problem of consciousness isn't that it "exists", it's about explaining what it is and how it arises. This is fundamentally different from asking "why does water" exist (or even have the property of li…
The hard problem of consciousness isn't that it "exists", it's about explaining what it is and how…
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Joachim Mika
Douglas Giles, PhD
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May 11, 2023
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Isn't that restating the question of its existence?
The "why" question for Being of any entity is a teleological one. Existence is a question for philosophy, "why" is a question for religion/spirituality, and physics cannot answer those questions.
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Written by Douglas Giles, PhD
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Philosopher by trade & temperament, professor for 21 years, bringing philosophy out of its ivory tower and into everyday life. https://dgilesauthor.com/
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