An Unprejudiced Inquiry into The Question of Being
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Joseph Polanik wrote:
> currently, epiphenomenalism is physicalist. it acknowledges only one
> metaphenomenal reality, physical ’stuff’ — matter-energy (matergy in
> Jud’s jargon) and space-time. epiphenomenalists admit that there is
> phenomenal awareness; but, denies a two-way interaction of matter and
> phenomenal awareness. matter generates phenomenal awareness and all its
> contents.
>
> thus, to speak of ‘epiphenomenalism’ wouldn’t help Anthony because it
> assumes at least one metaphenomenal reality *and* makes an assumption
> about the relation between the phenomenological and the
> metaphenomenological.
Descartes’ First Meditation, as well as Hume, undermined
epiphenomenalism centuries ago. Philosophers of science are still
catching up.
