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Writer, UBC Philosophy, Assoc Member Asian Studies & Psych Depts. Married to @beckettodd

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    1. hakwan lau‏ @hakwanlau May 8
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      hakwan lau Retweeted Victor Lamme

      hereby the term biopsychism is born. @De_dicto do you approve? as in, a term for the biological realizer / vehicle view for phenomenal C (contra functionalism / representationalism). (i always find "physicalist view" potentially misleading; the others aren't dualist / idealists)https://twitter.com/VictorLamme/status/1258855709623693325 …

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      Victor Lamme @VictorLamme
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      Biopsychism, I'll call it then (tm). Would it be possible to prove that consciousness is uniquely biological?
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      Evan Thompson‏ @evantthompson May 8
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      Replying to @hakwanlau @De_dicto

      Biopsychism is a term coined originally by Ernst Haeckel, for the view that all and only living organisms are conscious. I've written a short paper defending the idea. Happy to share if you're interested.

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        2. hakwan lau‏ @hakwanlau May 10
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          hakwan lau Retweeted hakwan lau

          hi Evan, in ur paper u said u defer arguing that only living organisms are conscious, but refer to Peter Godfrey-Smith. i followed it up but don't really see the argument either. in particular, see convo w/ @NeuroYogacara linked below. what's ur take?https://twitter.com/hakwanlau/status/1259306016858009602?s=20 …

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          hakwan lau @hakwanlau
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          was reading Peter Godfrey-Smith & got the same Q: i get it that the bio-mechanisms might be unlike normal algorithms we design, becoz of the evol & bio contexts. but what if we design algorithms to *mimic* them? if they do the same functions, why won't they be just as conscious?
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        3. Evan Thompson‏ @evantthompson May 10
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          [1] I refer to PGS just for the issue about fineness-of-grain for individuating functions, not for the claim that only living organisms are conscious

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        2. hakwan lau‏ @hakwanlau May 8
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          Replying to @evantthompson @De_dicto

          yes pleeeeeaaaaase 🙏🙏🙏 @VictorLamme

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        3. hakwan lau‏ @hakwanlau May 8
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          Replying to @hakwanlau @evantthompson and

          here, @VictorLamme means something slightly different. but i hope some degree of neologism is ok sometimes...

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        2. Victor Lamme‏ @VictorLamme May 8
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          Replying to @evantthompson @hakwanlau @De_dicto

          Please share indeed

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        3. Evan Thompson‏ @evantthompson May 8
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          Replying to @VictorLamme @hakwanlau @De_dicto

          If you message me your emails, I will send it to you

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        1. Evan Thompson‏ @evantthompson May 8
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          Sorry, I also meant to include @VictorLamme on this

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        1. 𖤐 🔥Bryce 🔥𖤐‏ @NeuroYogacara May 8
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          Replying to @evantthompson @hakwanlau @De_dicto

          I came here to say that Evan defends this, and gave a really nice paper on this view at the last Philosophy of Science meeting I also slightly defend a version,, but based on things I’ve learned from Evan, in that long interview that I did with @onemorebrown

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        1. Kevin O'Regan‏ @Kevino_regan May 8
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          Dear Evan (if I may), I was in touch with you in 2014 (on Diana Raffman’s recommendation) about some of your other work. Please would you forward your biopsychism paper to me at kevinoregan@ymail.com I will cite only with your permission. Best wishes, Kevin

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