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Russellian Emergentism
Chalmers' (2010) generalised version of the conceivability argument concludes that either materialism is false or Russellian monism is true. In the talk, I would advance a further option called ‘Russellian emergentism'. It shares some central elements with Russellian monism: structuralism about physics and the idea that phenomenal properties are intrinsic properties, but whereas Russellian monism posits phenomenal (or protophenomenal) properties at the lowest level of ontology, for Russellian emergentism these are high level physical properties. Russellian emergentism is thus closer to the scientific view of consciousness and to ordinary intuition than Russellian monism.
