Phenomenal Concepts and Phenomenal Knowledge: New Essays on Consciousness and Physicalism

360 Pages·2008·1.96 MB·English

by  Torin Alter, Sven Walter

Phenomenal Concepts and Phenomenal
Knowledge
philosophy of mind
Series Editor
David J. Chalmers, Australian National University
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Phenomenal Concepts and Phenomenal
Knowledge
New Essays on Consciousness and Physicalism
Edited by Torin Alter and Sven Walter
2007
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Phenomenal concepts and phenomenal knowledge : new essays on consciousness and physicalism / edited by Torin
Alter and Sven Walter.
p. cm.—(Philosophy of mind)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN‐13 978‐0‐19‐517165‐5
ISBN 0‐19‐517165‐9
1. Phenomenology. 2. Knowledge, Theory of. 3. Phenomenalism. 4. Consciousness. 5. Physicalism. I. Alter, Torin
Andrew, 1963– II. Walter, Sven, 1974– III. Philosophy of mind series.
B829.5.P4432 2006
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In memory of Irving J. Alter and
for Christina Alt and Elizabeth Alter
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Contents
Contributors ix
Introduction 3
TORIN ALTER AND SVEN WALTER
Part One: Phenomenal Knowledge
1. What RoboMary Knows 15
Daniel Dennett
2. So This Is What It's Like: A Defense of the Ability Hypothesis 32
Laurence Nemirow
3. The Knowledge Argument, Diaphanousness, Representationalism 52
Frank Jackson
4. Does Representationalism Undermine the Knowledge Argument? 65
Torin Alter
5. What Is This Thing You Call Color: Can a Totally Color‐Blind Person Know about Color? 77
Knut Nordby
Part Two: Phenomenal Concepts
6. What Is a Phenomenal Concept? 87
Janet Levin
7. Phenomenal and Perceptual Concepts 111
David Papineau
8. Phenomenal Concepts and the Materialist Constraint 145
Joseph Levine
9. Phenomenal Concepts and the Explanatory Gap 167
David J. Chalmers
viii
10. Direct Reference and Dancing Qualia 195
John Hawthorne
11.Property Dualism, Phenomenal Concepts, and the Semantic Premise 210
Stephen L. White
12. Max Black's Objection to Mind‐Body Identity 249
Ned Block
13. Grasping Phenomenal Properties 307
Martine Nida‐Rümelin
Index 339
Contributors
Torin Alter Associate Professor of Philosophy, The University of Alabama
Ned Block Silver Professor of Philosophy and Psychology, New York University
DavidJ. ChalmersProfessorofPhilosophy, Director oftheCenterfor Consciousness, and anARCFederationFellow,
Australian National University
Daniel Dennett UniversityProfessor and Austin B. Fletcher Professor of Philosophy, and Director of the Center for
Cognitive Studies, Tufts University
John Hawthorne Wayuflete Chair in Metaphysical Philosophy, Oxford University
Frank Jackson Distinguished Professor of Philosophy, Australian National University; Corresponding Fellow, the
British Academy; Fellow of the Australian Academy of the Humanities, the Academy of the Social Sciences in
Australia, and the Fand Institut International de Philosophie
Janet Levin Associate Professor of Philosophy, University of Southern California
Joseph Levine Professor of Philosophy, University of Massachusetts at Amherst
Laurence Nemirow Head of the Davis Graham & Stubbs Income Tax, Benefits, & Estates Group. Ph.D. in
Philosophy at Stanford University, 1979
Martine Nida‐Rümelin Professor of Philosophy, University of Fribourg, Switzerland
Knut Nordby was a Research Fellow and Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychology, University of Oslo,
and Senior Research Scientist at Telenor Communications, Research and Development, N‐1331 Fornebu, Norway