PSYCH261 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, David Chalmers, Bernhard Rensch
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Why is there something rather than nothing? (gottfried leibniz: string theory: Four fundamental forces (gravity, electromagnetism, the strong nuclear force, and the weak nuclear force) This is the only possible way the universe could be. Concluded that this is not the only possible universe. Exact amount of matter that is essential to life formation (not more or less. Intelligence of some sort guided the formation of the universe: that would have resulted in too much or less of non-essential sources such as helium or beryllium: other universes do exist: How and why did the brain activity become conscious?) Consciousness as a fundamental property of matter. Just like how matter has mass (and we can"t explain why), consciousness may be like that. Fundamental property of matter cannot be reduced to something else. Study of physiological, evolutionary, and developmental mechanisms of behaviour and experience.