An Inverted Qualia Argument for Direct Realism

Topoi 43 (1):211-219 (2024)
  Copy   BIBTEX

Abstract

This essay extends my “invisible disagreement” argument for Color Realism (2017) to formulate an argument for Direct Realism. It uses a variation of an “inverted qualia” thought experiment to show that successes in intersubjectively validating empirical claims about colors is proof that a nuanced version of Direct Realism is correct.

Categories

Keywords

Reprint years

DOI

10.1007/s11245-024-10015-0

Other Versions

No versions found

Links

PhilArchive

    This entry is not archived by us. If you are the author and have permission from the publisher, we recommend that you archive it. Many publishers automatically grant permission to authors to archive pre-prints. By uploading a copy of your work, you will enable us to better index it, making it easier to find.

    Upload a copy of this work     Papers currently archived: 106,169

External links

Setup an account with your affiliations in order to access resources via your University's proxy server

Through your library

My notes

Similar books and articles

Invisible disagreement: an inverted qualia argument for realism.Justin Donhauser - 2017 - Philosophical Studies 174 (3):593-606.
A Less Than Direct Connection Indeed: Reply to Jakowljewitsch.Howard Sankey - 2006 - Divinatio 24:157-168.
Essentialism and direct realism: Some late medieval perspectives.Dominik Perler - 2000 - Topoi 19 (2):111-122.
Introduction: Direct Realism – Historical and Systematic Perspectives.Alexander Ehmann - 2024 - Topoi 43 (1):85-86.
Critical Direct Realism? New Realism, Roy Wood Sellars, and Wilfrid Sellars.James R. O’Shea - 2024 - Topoi 43 (1):135-145.
Perceptual Phenomenology and Direct Realism.Caleb Liang - 2008 - Proceedings of the Xxii World Congress of Philosophy 42:103-148.
A Historical Perspective in Support of Direct Realism.K. S. Sangeetha - 2024 - Topoi 43 (1):115-125.
An argument against the conjunction of direct realism and the standard causal picture.Paul H. Griffiths - unknown
Wittgenstein and Qualia.Ned Block - 2007 - Philosophical Perspectives 21 (1):73-115.
Direct Realism: A Study Of Perception.Moltke S. Gram - 1983 - Boston: M. Nijhoff.

Analytics

Added to PP
2024-02-15

Downloads
54 (#443,153)

6 months
16 (#194,991)

Historical graph of downloads
How can I increase my downloads?

Author's Profile

Justin Donhauser
Bowling Green State University

Citations of this work

Inverted qualia.Alex Byrne - 2012 - In Ed Zalta, Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. Stanford, CA: Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy.
Inverted qualia.Alex Byrne - 2004 - Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy.

Add more citations

References found in this work

Quining qualia.Daniel Dennett - 1988 - In Anthony J. Marcel & Edoardo Bisiach, Consciousness in Contemporary Science. New York: Oxford University Press.
Physicalism, or Something near Enough.Jaegwon Kim - 2006 - Philosophical Quarterly 56 (223):306-310.
What psychological states are not.Ned Block & Jerry A. Fodor - 1972 - Philosophical Review 81 (April):159-81.
From an Ontological Point of View.John Heil - 2003 - Philosophy 79 (309):491-494.

View all 22 references / Add more references