It is the materialist's hope to rule out any perception of the human mind resisting to harmonize with a reductionist or eliminativist explanation. Therefore this paper aims to give an overview on different conceptions of the phenomenon of qualia, revealing some crucial problems for conceptually grasping the mind.
Contents
I. Introduction
II. Preliminary Remarks: Qualia, Phenomenology and Language Games
III. Introducing Qualia
A. Qualia as Sense-Data
B. David J. Chalmers
1. Mind the Gap
2. The Dual Life of the Mind
3. Qualia – Solely a Human Affair?
C. Thomas Nagel
1. In Search for Objectivity in the Philosophy of Mind
2. At a Loss for Words
D. John R. Searle
1. Disparity in Subjectiveness
2. Shaping Qualia
IV. Philosophical Foundations of Neuroscience
A. The Objections
1. On the Conception of Qualia
2. On the Notion of ‘How It Is Like ’
B. Remarks on Bennett/Hacker
V. Conclusion
Bibliography
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- Roman Rogg (Author), 2020, Dialectics of Qualia. An overview on different conceptions of the phenomenon of qualia, Munich, GRIN Verlag, https://www.grin.com/document/1137570
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