More Troubles for Epiphenomenalism |
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Authors: | Hans Muller |
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Affiliation: | (1) Department of Philosophy, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon |
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Abstract: | I have argued that to say qualia are epiphenomenal is to say a world without qualia would be physically identical to a world with qualia. Dan Cavedon-Taylor has offered an alternative interpretation of the commitments of qualia epiphenomenalism according to which qualia cause beliefs and those beliefs can and do cause changes to the physical world. I argue that neither of these options works for the qualia epiphenomenalist and thus that theory faces far more serious difficulties than has previously been recognized. |
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Keywords: | Qualia Epiphenomenalism Causation Frank Jackson |
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