TY  - GEN
ID  - cogprints4020
UR  - http://cogprints.org/4020/
A1  - Nicholson, Mr D.M.
TI  - From a Flaw in the Knowledge Argument to a Physicalist Account of Qualia
Y1  - 2005/01//
N2  - The Knowledge argument based on the grey Mary thought experiment cannot be claimed as a basis for rejecting physicalism. First, because it is flawed, being so formulated as to predetermine the outcome of the thought experiment in favour of a refutation of physicalism. Second, because, once this is recognised, it becomes clear that there is one - and only one - account of the qualia-physical relationship that will permit physicalism to survive the thought experiment itself. It is suggested that the position in question is worthy of further consideration as a reasonable candidate theory for a physicalist account of qualia.
AV  - public
KW  - Knowledge argument
KW  -  physicalism
KW  -  qualia
KW  -  mind-body problem
KW  -  Identity theory
KW  -  hard problem of consciousness
KW  -  Kripke
KW  -  Leibniz?s law
ER  -

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