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How is W. James' "pure experience" any better than the "diaphaneity" he says that he rejects?
This is not actually a tangent: I remembered the question (which I'd thought of posting) while critiquing Gilbert Ryle's anti-dualism, which goes back to my issues with the notion of category mistakes,...
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Is it even possible to know, from the outside, whether a physical system is conscious?
I take it for granted that other humans, and other higher animals like chimpanzees and dogs and cats, are conscious. But is it even possible to know, from the outside, whether a physical system is ...
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Clarifying Chalmers argument against materialism about consciousness
If I understand the argument David Chalmers makes in The Conscious Mind or this article, he argues that:
a) We can imagine philosophical zombies
b) This is a good test of logical coherence
c) If there ...
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What allusions to fundamental consciousness might Husserl be making, in Logical Investigations vol 2?
I'm some thirty pages into Logical Investigations Vol. 2, by Husserl, that is, really, trying to understand the definitions he gives concerning Wholes and Parts.
Firstly, I must say, I'm finding ...
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Does beauty exist only in consciousness?
In a world without conscious beings, would beauty still exist? My belief is that beauty is purely subjective and can only exist in the mind. I don't think there is such a thing as objective beauty. ...
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Experience as an initial value problem?
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The argument seems to say just as I have a physical initial value problem and with the laws of physics tell the time evolution, similarly, I can have an initial value problem of experience ...
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Is consciousness "what the introspective faculty measures"?
For the purposes of this question, the "introspective faculty" is a particular subsystem of the brain that is capable of analyzing other subsystems of the brain and emitting judgments like, &...
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Ned Block, David Chalmers, phenomenal vs access consciousness
What is the difference between "access" consciousness and "phenomenal" consciousness as described by Ned Block? Loosely it seems like "access" consciousness is with ...
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In Book V, Proposition XXIII, Spinoza appears to argue that the human mind is partially eternal
In Book V, Proposition XXIII, Spinoza argues: "The human mind cannot be absolutely destroyed with the body, but there remains of it something which is eternal."
I read through the argument ...
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What does Spinoza mean by Acquiescentia in se ipso?
In Part V of Spinoza’s Ethics the pinnacle of human freedom and understanding is discussed as the viewpoint from eternal blessedness. How are we to characterize or interpret this doctrine of ...
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Is dualism unlikely because the mind is inextricable in its activity from matter?
I've been thinking about dualism lately, but one thing that deals a pretty strong blow to this view in my mind is that it implies that the mind can exist apart from physical reality (an immaterial ...
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At what stage of human development does a person attain secondary consciousness?
In regards to Gerald Edelman's definition on consciousness, at what stage of human development would a person attain secondary consciousness apart from their existing primary consciousness? Could this ...
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Which major philosophers (if any) prior to the 1900s believed that consciousness was an emergent property of the brain?
I am going to be doing an Independent Study with one of my professors, and I am obligated (due to the professor's expertise) to choose a philosopher prior to the 1900s.
Were there any philosophers ...
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Does the Knowledge argument refute physicalism?
Is there any research that disproves Jackson's three premises?
Is there any research which argues that Mary does not learn all the physical facts whilst in the room, because experience itself ...
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Particular concepts in integrated information theory
Recently I have been reading about the Integrated Information Theory of Consciousness, and have been impressed by its intuitiveness, relative simplicity, explanatory power, and falsifiability. All ...
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