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  1. Sep 2023
    1. We propose a novel relativistic theory of consciousness in which consciousness is not an absolute property but a relative one.
      • paraphrase

        • A common thread connecting both extremes of dualism and illusionism is that both assume that phenomenal consciousness is an absolute phenomenon,
          • wherein an object O evinces either property P or ¬P.
        • We will show that we need to abandon this assumption.
        • The relativistic principle in modern physics posits a universe in which for many properties an object O evinces either property P or ¬P with respect to some observer X.
        • In such a situation, there is no one answer to the question of whether object O has property P or not.
      • question

        • how does this argue against the privacy of phenomena?
        • it argues against it in the sense that it isn't needed. What is interpreted as private is simply the experience from one relative frame of reference.