The Knowledge Argument and the Implications of Phenomenal Knowledge

Philosophy Compass 6 (7):459-468 (2011)
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This article presents the knowledge argument against physicalism and objections to it. The focus is on the ways responses to that argument have tried to account for phenomenal knowledge within a physicalist picture. Various ‘phenomenal concepts’ strategies are considered, along with recent arguments against them. Also considered are attempts to explain phenomenal knowledge in terms of indexical knowledge and in terms of acquaintance.

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Robert Howell
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