When a concious experience is produced, — TheWillowOfDarkness
It's an entirely new state formed or created. — TheWillowOfDarkness
Unconscious matter can create conscious states. — TheWillowOfDarkness
Yes. "Materialism" (re: natura naturata, or modes) is not ultimately real (re: natura naturans, or substance) in spinozism and, therefore, it's false to claim so. Also, in spinozism, "consciousness" does not emerge from "unconscious matter" so there's no "hard problem" (just as there's no "mind-body problem").The only thing I'm struggling with is to find out if spinozism can still work if the hard problem were true and materialism false. — Eugen
We know there isn't a hard problem — TheWillowOfDarkness
Yes. "Materialism" (re: natura naturata, or modes) is not ultimately real (re: natura naturans, or substance) in spinozism and, therefore, it's false to claim so. Also, in spinozism, "consciousness" does not emerge from "unconscious matter" so there's no "hard problem" (just as there's no "mind-body problem"). — 180 Proof
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