论文标题
意识的更高维度：构建一个经验上可伪造的意识模型
A Higher Dimension of Consciousness: Constructing an empirically falsifiable panpsychist model of consciousness
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论文摘要
Panpsychism是解决思维问题的解决方案，该问题假定意识是现实的基本方面，而不是物理过程（即大脑活动）的产物或后果。 Panpsychism是解决思维问题问题的优雅解决方案：它有效地摆脱了意识的解释性差距唯物主义理论所遭受的。但是，许多理论家和实验者都怀疑，泛心理主义能够成为科学理论，因为它不能在经验上得到验证或伪造。在本文中，我基于一个有争议的观念，即意识可能是一种所谓的较高的物理维度，我提出了一个泛心理学家的模型。尽管这个概念似乎令人发指，但我表明，即使模型（大多数模型）最有可能是错误的，这个想法具有令人惊讶的解释力。但是，最重要的是，它导致了一个泛心理学家模型，该模型产生了可以在经验上进行验证或伪造的预测。因此，该模型的主要目的是作为一个例子，如何以一种可以以科学严格的方式对其进行测试的意识模型。
Panpsychism is a solution to the mind-body problem that presumes that consciousness is a fundamental aspect of reality instead of a product or consequence of physical processes (i.e., brain activity). Panpsychism is an elegant solution to the mind-body problem: it effectively rids itself of the explanatory gap materialist theories of consciousness suffer from. However, many theorists and experimentalists doubt panpsychism can ever be successful as a scientific theory, as it cannot be empirically verified or falsified. In this paper, I present a panpsychist model based on the controversial idea that consciousness may be a so called higher physical dimension. Although this notion seems outrageous, I show that the idea has surprising explanatory power, even though the model (as most models) is most likely wrong. Most importantly, though, it results in a panpsychist model that yields predictions that can be empirically verified or falsified. As such, the model's main purpose is to serve as an example how a metaphysical model of consciousness can be specified in such a way that they can be tested in a scientifically rigorous way.
