This is a critical examination of Frank Jackson’s famous knowledge argument against the physicalist conception of mind.There are various physicalist positions concerning the nature of mind.What is defended against Ja...This is a critical examination of Frank Jackson’s famous knowledge argument against the physicalist conception of mind.There are various physicalist positions concerning the nature of mind.What is defended against Jackson’s attack in this paper is a reductive version of physicalism,reductive in the ontological sense,according to which qualia are microphysical states of the brain.The basic idea is the following:that such states are perceived as phenomena is no proof that they are non-physical.A positive account of what phenomenal states are and how they fit into the physical world is provided.The way in which they are perceived phenomenally and referred to by phenomenal concepts,has a selective advantage for those who have them.展开更多
文摘This is a critical examination of Frank Jackson’s famous knowledge argument against the physicalist conception of mind.There are various physicalist positions concerning the nature of mind.What is defended against Jackson’s attack in this paper is a reductive version of physicalism,reductive in the ontological sense,according to which qualia are microphysical states of the brain.The basic idea is the following:that such states are perceived as phenomena is no proof that they are non-physical.A positive account of what phenomenal states are and how they fit into the physical world is provided.The way in which they are perceived phenomenally and referred to by phenomenal concepts,has a selective advantage for those who have them.
