The Phenomenal Concept Strategy

Carruthers, Peter and Veillet, Benedicte (2007) The Phenomenal Concept Strategy. Journal of Consciousness Studies, 14 (9-10). pp. 212-236.

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Abstract

A powerful reply to a range of familiar anti-physicalist arguments has recently been developed. According to this reply, our possession of phenomenal concepts can explain the facts that the anti-physicalist claims can only be explained by a non-reductive account of phenomenal consciousness. Chalmers (2006) argues that the phenomenal concept strategy is doomed to fail. This paper presents the phenomenal concept strategy, Chalmers’ argument against it, and a defense of the strategy against his argument.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Chalmers, explanatory gap, phenomenal concept, phenomenal consciousness, physicalism, zombie
Disciplines:	Philosophy
Topics:	Theory of Consciousness
Article Type:	Theoretical
ID Code:	404
Deposited By:	Dr Peter Carruthers
Deposited On:	22 January 2008

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