Explaining the Qualitative Dimension of Consciousness
Prescission Instead of Reification
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3887566 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Marc Champagne (0000-0002-9841-7538, York University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2009 |
| Volume | 48 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 145-183 |
| Publication date | 2009-03-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Dialogue (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0012-2173 • E-ISSN: 1759-0949 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0012217309090088 |
| OpenAlex | W2147514541 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 32 |
This paper suggests that it is largely a want of notional distinctions which fosters the "explanatory gap" that has beset the study of consciousness since T. Nagel's revival of the topic. Modifying Ned Block's controversial claim that we should countenance a "phenomenal-consciousness" which exists in its own right, we argue that there is a way to recuperate the intuitions he appeals to without engaging in an onerous reification of the facet in question. By renewing with the full type/token/tone trichotomy developed by C. S. Peirce, we think the distinctness Block (rightly) calls attention to can be seen as stemming not from any separate module lurking within the mind, but rather from our ability toprescindqualities from occurrences
Cognitive science · Consciousness · Epistemology · Political science · Politics · Reification (Marxism) · Sociology · Embodied and Extended Cognition · Law · Philosophy · Philosophy and History of Science · Philosophy and Theoretical Science · Psychology
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| Citations per year | 0.17 |
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| Citation span | 2014 - 2015 (2) |
| Highly cited | No |