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Biological naturalism, synthetic phenomenology, and the physics of awareness

Metzinger, Thomas·2026·Behavioral and Brain Sciences

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Biological naturalism may collapse into eliminative materialism, and the ethics of synthetic phenomenology will remain.

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Authors
Metzinger, T.
Affiliations
Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (DE)
Corresponding author
Metzinger, Thomas
Venue
Behavioral and Brain Sciences
Published
2026
Volume
49
Pages
e347-e347
ISSN
  • 0140-525X (ISSN-L)
  • 1469-1825
OpenAlex
W7213452602
Cited by
0
References
6
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0.00
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • Behavioral and Brain Sciences (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Philosophy and Theoretical Science
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Embodied and Extended Cognition
  • Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › History and Philosophy of Science › Philosophy and History of Science
Keywords
biological naturalism, eliminativism, consciousness, philosophy of mind
MeSH terms
Awareness, Humans, Philosophy

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