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''';A1''' : "The physical domain is causally closed."<ref name="mind" /> "For every physical event, there is a physical sufficient cause."<ref name="mind" />
''';E1''' : An explanation specifies the function and structure of an explanandum
''';D1''' : Phenomenal aspects of consciousness are those aspects of conscious experience which do not have a function or structure, where 'function' and 'structure' are as defined above.
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Chalmers assumes that
== Function, structure and explanation ==
We denote this notion of explanation by E1. Assuming some laws or theories relating to the physical domain as given (= accepted by the scientific community by and large) and referring to them as 'accepted theoretical notions', this might be put as follows:
in terms of the the function and structure of accepted theoretical notions.
We refer to these phenomena as 'phenomenal aspects of consciousness':
The key requirement for this definition of what is to be studied by a science of consciousness to make sense is to establish that there are aspects of experience which satisfy D1, i.e. which neither have a spatio-temporal structure nor a causal role in the production of behaviour. It is the second requirement with respect to which A1 is crucial, for A1 can be utilized to argue that nothing non-physical can have a causal influence on the physical domain.
