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Are these arguments -- in philosophy of mind?
Do any of these arguments [epiphanies] exist in the philosophy of mind?
Consciousness is a complex structure, and it is unlikely to be realizable in just any structure, else anything big enough would ...
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Can an animal have qualia without self awareness?
Can an animal have qualia without self awareness? I understand that many animals are said to have qualia but not self awareness (perhaps not the great apes).
In particular, I'm having a hard time ...
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Does Nagel's take on what it's like to be a bat dissolve the question of what causes consciousness?
Does Nagel's take on what it's like to be a bat dissolve the question of what causes consciousness?
As far as I know, he claims that we can't know what it's like to be a bat. Does that mean that the ...
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