Naturalistic dualism

A nonreductive theory of experience will specify basic principles telling us how experience depends on physical features of the world. These basic principles will ultimately carry the explanatory burden in a theory of consciousness. They will be a supplement to a physical theory. A theory of matter can still explain all sorts of facts about matter, by showing how they are consequences of the basic laws. The same goes for a theory of experience. This position qualifies as a variety of dualism, as it postulates basic properties over and above the properties invoked by physics. The principle of structural coherence allows for a very useful kind of indirect explanation of experience in terms of physical processes. The physical properties directly relevant to the emergence of experience are organizational properties. This acts as a strong constraint on a theory of consciousness.