I’m definitely a Camp 2 person, though I have several Camp 1 beliefs. Consciousness pretty obviously has to be physical, and it seems likely that it’s evolved. I’m in a perpetual state of aporia trying to reconcile this with Camp 2 intuitions.
I wouldn’t call those Camp #1 beliefs. It’s true that virtually all of Camp #1 would agree with this, but plenty of Camp #2 does as well. Like, you can accept physicalism and be Camp #2, deny physicalism and be Camp #2, or accept physicalism and be Camp #1 -- those are basically the three options, and you seem to be in the first group. Especially based on your second-last paragraph, I think it’s quite clear that you conceptually separate consciousness from the processes that exhibit it. I don’t think you’ll ever find a home with Camp #1 explanations.
I briefly mentioned in the post that the way Dennett frames the issue is a bit disingenuous since the Cartesian Theater has a bunch of associations that Camp #2 people don’t have to hold.
Being a physicalist and Camp #2 of course leaves you with not having any satisfying answer for how consciousness works. That’s just the state of things.
The synesthesia thing is super interesting. I’d love to know how strong the correlation is between having this condition, even if mild, and being Camp #2.
I wouldn’t call those Camp #1 beliefs. It’s true that virtually all of Camp #1 would agree with this, but plenty of Camp #2 does as well. Like, you can accept physicalism and be Camp #2, deny physicalism and be Camp #2, or accept physicalism and be Camp #1 -- those are basically the three options, and you seem to be in the first group. Especially based on your second-last paragraph, I think it’s quite clear that you conceptually separate consciousness from the processes that exhibit it. I don’t think you’ll ever find a home with Camp #1 explanations.
I briefly mentioned in the post that the way Dennett frames the issue is a bit disingenuous since the Cartesian Theater has a bunch of associations that Camp #2 people don’t have to hold.
Being a physicalist and Camp #2 of course leaves you with not having any satisfying answer for how consciousness works. That’s just the state of things.
The synesthesia thing is super interesting. I’d love to know how strong the correlation is between having this condition, even if mild, and being Camp #2.