If materialism is true, the United States is probably conscious.

If you're a materialist, you probably think that rabbits are conscious. And you ought to think that. After all, rabbits are a lot like us, biologically and neurophysiologically. If you're a materialist, you probably also think that conscious experience would be present in a wide range of naturally-e...

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Published in:	Philosophical Studies Vol. 172; no. 7; pp. 1697 - 1722
Main Author:	Schwitzgebel, Eric
Format:	Article
Published:	Springer Nature Jul2015
Subjects:	Consciousness Materialism Phenomenology Collective consciousness Metaphysics United States
Online Access:	View this record in EBSCOhost