New mysterianism proposes that the hard problem of consciousness cannot be resolved by humans.
Evidence
New mysterianism (Wikipedia)
Categorization
- corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim
- XREF: connects to: Human knowledge fails to answer lifeās fundamental questions. ā Leo Tolstoy, A Confession, 64; Science has failed to adequately answer how human consciousness developed or what it actually is. ā No, Science Canāt Answer the Biggest Questions of Life and Existence; Human knowledge is limited and cannot answer why the universe exists or the purpose of life. ā Science, Faith, and the Limits of Human Knowledge (+5 more)
Related
- Colin McGinn argues consciousness is a mystery that human intelligence will never unravel, as the hard problem of qualia cannot be resolved by humans. (similarity 0.90)
- Reductionists accept only ātemporary mysterianismāācurrent ignorance about consciousness that future science may resolveāversus āpermanent mysterianism,ā which claims the mystery is unsolvable. (similarity 0.84)
- Science has failed to adequately answer how human consciousness developed or what it actually is. (similarity 0.81)
- Consciousness presents a āhard problemā to scholars ā how the physical body gives rise to subjective experience. (similarity 0.81)
- Understanding consciousness requires not treating organisms like machines and minds like code. (similarity 0.80)
- Claiming we may never fully understand phenomena differs from claiming they can never be explained physically, and the explanatory gap is narrowing daily. (similarity 0.79)
- The hard problem of consciousness is explaining why any physical state is conscious rather than nonconscious. (similarity 0.79)
- Science is done by brains and people, so claiming science canāt explain consciousness is nonsensical. (similarity 0.78)