The Problem of Mental Causation

[Jason Resch]

All,

I have written a piece which may be of some interest to some of you, dealing with how to square two seemingly incompatible ideas:

- That it appears consciousness has effects in the world (for example, causing David Chalmers to write a book on the subject, or people to talk about their sensations).

- That physics appears to be causally closed (only physical things can affect physical things).

This essay is my attempt to show how both ideas can be true, and consistent.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1qCuCc9kvbw5KKHJ223l7MbbNhZkTamhA/view?usp=sharing

Jason