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9780195377040

Phenomenal Concepts and Phenomenal Knowledge New Essays on Consciousness and Physicalism

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    9780195377040

  • ISBN10:

    0195377044

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2008-10-31
  • Publisher: Oxford University Press

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Summary

What is the nature of consciousness? How is consciousness related to brain processes? This volume collects thirteen new papers on these topics: twelve by leading and respected philosophers and one by a leading color-vision scientist. All focus on consciousness in the "phenomenal" sense: on what it's like to have an experience. Book jacket.

Table of Contents

Contributorsp. ix
Introductionp. 3
Phenomenal Knowledge
What RoboMary Knowsp. 15
So This Is What It's Like: A Defense of the Ability Hypothesisp. 32
The Knowledge Argument, Diaphanousness, Representationalismp. 52
Does Representationalism Undermine the Knowledge Argument?p. 65
What Is This Thing You Call Color: Can a Totally Color-Blind Person Know about Color?p. 77
Phenomenal Concepts
What Is a Phenomenal Concept?p. 87
Phenomenal and Perceptual Conceptsp. 111
Phenomenal Concepts and the Materialist Constraintp. 145
Phenomenal Concepts and the Explanatory Gapp. 167
Direct Reference and Dancing Qualiap. 195
Property Dualism, Phenomenal Concepts, and the Semantic Premisep. 210
Max Black's Objection to Mind-Body Identityp. 249
Grasping Phenomenal Propertiesp. 307
Indexp. 339
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