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The Gap in the Knowledge Argument.
- Source :
- Philosophia; Apr2024, Vol. 52 Issue 2, p235-244, 10p
- Publication Year :
- 2024
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Abstract
- Alter (The Matter of Consciousness: From the Knowledge Argument to Russellian Monism, GB: Oxford University Pres, 2023) argues for something surprising: despite being widely rejected by philosophers, including Frank Jackson himself, Jackson's knowledge argument succeeds. Alter's defense of Jackson's argument is not only surprising; it's also exciting: the knowledge argument, if it's sound, underscores the power of armchair philosophy, the power of pure thought to arrive at substantial conclusions about the world. In contrast, I aim to make a case for something unsurprising and unexciting: that the knowledge argument does not succeed, or, even less far-reaching, that Alter's defense of it is not persuasive. Mine is a classic file-drawer thesis, but what it has going for it is that it's true, or so I think, and hope to illustrate why you should too. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- THEORY of knowledge
CONSCIOUSNESS
PHILOSOPHERS
PHILOSOPHY
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00483893
- Volume :
- 52
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Philosophia
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 177949690
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s11406-024-00732-6