Ulla Mattfolk
What Kuhn says is that he doesn’t know; he gives his top 3 picks; his top choice was (I’ll check) “a Dualism-Idealism mashup” that he, very timidly, wouldn’t even dare to defend.
I’m on the “5. Panpsychism” side, but I don’t remember any panpsychists that I’ve read ever saying that consciousness had a function, a use. I’m guessing that none of the 200 or so theories of consciousness can see a use for consciousness.
Never forget that this consciousness, that these men can’t see a use for, is their all day, every day, all-encompassing experience.
I’m saying that consciousness is the necessary knowledge function, which is a necessary part of a viable system. Consciousness is the necessary knowledge function, and there are basic versions at the particle level, and more advanced versions at the level of living things.
What is really bad about consciousness theories, e.g. the Orch OR theory, is that they can’t even say what they are talking about, what they mean by “consciousness”. Very unscientific.