Phenomenal concepts and phenomenal knowledge : new essays on consciousness and physicalism

Phenomenal concepts and phenomenal knowledge : new essays on consciousness and physicalism / edited by Torin Alter and Sven Walter.

Consciousness has been regarded as the biggest stumbling block for the view that the mind is physical. This volume collects 13 papers on this problem by leading philosophers including Ned Block, David Chalmers, Daniel Dennett, Frank Jackson, Joseph Levine, Laurence Nemirow, David Papineau, and John...

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Other Authors: Alter, Torin Andrew, 1963-, Walter, Sven, 1974-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2009, c2007.
Edition:1st Oxford University Press pbk.
Series:Philosophy of mind series.
Subjects:
Phenomenology.
Knowledge, Theory of.
Phenomenalism.
Consciousness.
Table of Contents:
  • What RoboMary knows / Daniel Dennett
  • So this is what it's like : a defense of the ability hypothesis / Laurence Nemirow
  • The knowledge argument, diaphanousness, representationalism / Frank Jackson
  • Does representationalism undermine the knowledge argument? / Torin Alter
  • What is this thing you call color : can a totally color-blind person know about color? / Knut Nordby
  • What is a phenomenal concept? / Janet Levin
  • Phenomenal and perceptual concepts / David Papineau
  • Phenomenal concepts and the materialist constraint / Joseph Levine
  • Phenomenal concepts and the explanatory gap / David J. Chalmers
  • Direct reference and dancing qualia / John Hawthorne
  • Property dualism, phenomenal concepts, and the semantic premise / Stephen L. White
  • Max Black's objection to mind-body identity / Ned Block
  • Grasping phenomenal properties / Martine Nida-Rümelin.

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