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Grounding, conceivability, and the mind-body problem.

Authors :
Khudairi, Hasen
Source :
Synthese; Feb2018, Vol. 195 Issue 2, p919-926, 8p
Publication Year :
2018

Abstract

This paper challenges the soundness of the two-dimensional conceivability argument against the derivation of phenomenal truths from physical truths (cf. Chalmers in The conscious mind, Oxford University Press, Oxford, 1996; The character of consciousness, Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2010) in light of a hyperintensional regimentation of the ontology of consciousness. The regimentation demonstrates how ontological dependencies between truths about consciousness and about physics cannot be witnessed by epistemic constraints, when the latter are recorded by the conceivability-i.e., the epistemic possibility-thereof. Generalizations and other aspects of the philosophical significance of the hyperintensional regimentation are further examined. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
00397857
Volume :
195
Issue :
2
Database :
Complementary Index
Journal :
Synthese
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
127331456
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11229-016-1254-2