TITLE:
Embodying Consciousness in Brains and Machines II: Portals
AUTHORS:
Peter B. Lloyd
KEYWORDS:
Hard Problem, Consciousness, Mental Monism, Idealism, Artificial Consciousness, Conscious AI
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Journal of Philosophy,
Vol.16 No.3,
July
29,
2026
ABSTRACT: This paper adopts the philosophical theory of mental monism and examines the constraints on models of embodiment within that framework. It proposes a biologically plausible model of embodiment in brains and suggests an extension to embodiment in machines. The conscious mind is characterized as a nonphysical and nonlocal system comprised only of volitions and phenomenal experiences, subject to scientifically discoverable natural laws, and capable of processing information independently of the linked brain tissue.