Is consciousness fundamental to reality?

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 "question_id": "q:consciousness-fundamental",
 "question": "Is consciousness fundamental to reality?",
 "tags": [
  "metaphysics",
  "consciousness",
  "idealism",
  "trika"
 ],
 "status": "underdetermined",
 "confidence": 0.4,
 "evidence_for": [],
 "evidence_against": [],
 "best_answer": "Plausible but underdetermined. Trika claims consciousness (prakāśa-vimarśa) is the ground of all manifestation. Physicalism claims it's emergent. The hard problem remains unresolved, and no decisive experiment distinguishes the positions.",
 "parent_question": null,
 "sub_questions": [
  "q:prakasa-definition",
  "q:brain-filter-or-appearance",
  "q:consciousness-necessary-for-being"
 ],
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 "last_updated": "2026-07-26",
 "last_updated_by": "system"
}