new mysterianism

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What does new mysterianism mean?

A philosophical position proposing that the hard problem of consciousness cannot be resolved by humans.

Where does new mysterianism come from?

Owen Flanagan noted in his 1991 book Science of the Mind that some modern thinkers had suggested that consciousness might never be completely explained; he called these thinkers "the new mysterians" after the rock group Question Mark and the Mysterians.

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