God and Phenomenal Consciousness: A Novel Approach to Knowledge Arguments

by Yujin Nagasawa

2021-01-10 16:14:45

In God and Phenomenal Consciousness, Yujin Nagasawa bridges debates in two distinct areas of philosophy: the philosophy of mind and the philosophy of religion. He proposes novel objections to Thomas Nagel''s and Frank Jackson''s well-known ''knowledg... Read more
In God and Phenomenal Consciousness, Yujin Nagasawa bridges debates in two distinct areas of philosophy: the philosophy of mind and the philosophy of religion. He proposes novel objections to Thomas Nagel''s and Frank Jackson''s well-known ''knowledge arguments'' against the physicalist approach to phenomenal consciousness by utilizing his own objections to arguments against the existence of God. From the failure of these arguments, Nagasawa derives a unique metaphysical thesis, ''nontheoretical physicalism,'' according to which although this world is entirely physical, there are physical facts that cannot be captured even by complete theories of the physical sciences. Less

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File size9.02 X 5.98 X 0.39 in
Print pages178
PublisherCambridge University Press
Publication date October 4, 2012
LanguageEnglish
ISBN9781107407862
Yujin Nagasawa is Professor of Philosophy and Co-Director of the John Hick Centre for Philosophy of Religion at the University of Birmingham. He is the author of God and Phenomenal Consciousness (CUP,...

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