THE KNOWLEDGE ARGUMENT AND HIGHER-ORDER PROPERTIES |
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Authors: | Amir Horowitz Hilla Jacobson-Horowitz |
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Affiliation: | The Open University of Israel 16 Klauzner Street, P.O. Box 39328, Tel-Aviv 61392, Israel. ; Department of Philosophy Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, P.O.Box 653. Beer-Sheva, 84105, Israel. |
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Abstract: | The paper argues that Jackson's knowledge argument fails to undermine physicalist ontology. First, it is argued that, as this argument stands, it begs the question. Second, it is suggested that, by supplementing the argument (and taking one of its premises for granted), this flaw can be remedied insofar as the argument is taken to be an argument against type‐physicalism; however, this flaw cannot be remedied insofar as the argument is taken to be an argument against token‐physicalism. The argument cannot be supplemented so as to show that experiences have properties which are illegitimate from a physicalist perspective. |
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