Perception and Knowledge (1927 - 59) Dustin Z. Olson McMaster University‚ olsondz@mcmaster.ca Follow this and additional works at: http://digitalcommons.mcmaster.ca/opendissertations Part of the Epistemology Commons‚ Metaphysics Commons‚ and the Philosophy of Science Commons Recommended Citation Olson‚ Dustin Z.‚ "Bertrand Russell On Perception and Knowledge (1927 - 59)" (2011). Open Access Dissertations and Theses. Paper 6073. This Thesis is brought to you for free and open access by the Open
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The knowledge argument is an argument against physicalism that was first formulated by Frank Jackson in 1982. While Jackson no longer endorses it‚ it is still regarded as one of the most important arguments in the philosophy of mind. Physicalism is the metaphysical thesis that‚ basically‚ everything in this world-including cars‚ humans‚ animals‚ research papers‚ even our sensations-are ultimately physical. The knowledge argument attempts to refute this thesis by appealing to the following made-up
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SID: 1429422 Topic: How does Descartes argue that mind and body are distinct? Is he right? “Mind versus Body” In his sixth meditation in the Meditations of First Philosophy‚ Descartes argues that mind and body are distinct and that the mind is distinct from the body in a way that it can exist without the body. I will discuss how Descartes argues that the mind and body are distinct‚ and I will argue as to why he might not be right because this better explains our intuition that sensations and feelings
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A question heavily debated dating back to the days of Descartes. This idea has been explored and analyzed by scholars in many diverse fields of study for many‚ many years. Mathematician Alan Turing was a pioneer in unraveling this question. His philosophies found in his published paper “Computing Machinery and Intelligence” changed the ways in which we perceive and comprehend artificial intelligence. Turing’s most famous advance on the age-old question was the self-titled Turing test. The test is
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The philosophy of mind is no stranger to rather abstract philosophical terms and concepts. Usually‚ these terms are defined to better understand a philosophical theory‚ or to describe a flaw in one of those theories. Qualia is a product of the latter category. However‚ the existence of qualia has been called into question by Daniel Dennett in his article Quining Qualia. This paper will be exploring the claims Dennett made about the existence of qualia in three parts. First‚ by defining the five qualities
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Australian Materialism: The views of the Australian materialists on the identification of the mind and the body‚ simply stated‚ are that states and processes of the mind are identical to states and processes of the brain. Henceforth these philosophers (for the purpose of this article I will be referring in particular to Smart and Armstrong’s views on the matter) assume the position that all processes of the mind and experiences are due to physical reactions occurring in the brain and that these physical
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Thomas Nagel (1981) – How is it like to be a bat? Why does "consciousness" make the mind-body problem really intractable according to Thomas Nagel? In his text “What is it like to be a bat?” of 1974 Thomas Nagel claims that consciousness is the barrier that makes the mind-body problem unique and so hard. He states that consciousness is rarely addressed by reductionists. Because there is no really persuading reduction available‚ implausible accounts of the mental have been developed to help
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Outline Jackson’s knowledge Argument. What is meant to show; is it successful? PY2801 Mind and Reality 0700012655 In this essay I will discuss Frank Jackson’s knowledge argument against physicalism. I will first of all outline what physicalism means and my understanding of it‚ followed by the different approaches to the mind-body problem such as dualism and monism. I will then look at arguments for and against Jackson’s theory before drawing to a conclusion. I
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evidence‚ testing‚ and understanding of the human mind. However‚ many philosopher’s of the 20th century to today attempt to argue against reductionists despite a lack of undeniable scientific evidence. In his essay‚ “What Is It Like to Be a Bat?”‚ Thomas Nagel argues against reductionism through examples of human subjectivity. Thomas Nagel argues through the subjectivity of human life and uniqueness of human experiences that the reductionist mind-body problem is false or at least unknowable at this
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mycelial networks warn neighbouring plants of aphid attack’‚ Ecology Letters‚ 2013 http://phys.org/news/2013-05-underground-networks-enemy.html Benveniste‚ J (2005) Ma vérité sur la ’mémoire de l ’eau ’‚ Albin Michel Chalmers‚ D.J. (1996) The Conscious Mind: In Search of a Fundamental Theory. New York: Oxford University Press Chamovitz‚ D‚. (2012) ‘What a Plant Knows’ New York: Scientific American / Farar‚ Straus and Giroux. Dennet‚ D. (1985)"Can Machines Think?" In Michael Shafto‚ ed.‚ How We Know. Nobel
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