AGAINST PHENOMENAL EXTERNALISM

We maintain that no extant argument in favor of phenomenal external- ism (PE) is really convincing. PE is the thesis that the phenomenal properties of our experiences must be individuated widely insofar as they are constituted by worldly properties. We consider what we take to be the five best argum...

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Main Authors: ELISABETTA SACCHI, ALBERTO VOLTOLINI
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Language:English
Published: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM) 2017-04-01
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Online Access:http://critica.filosoficas.unam.mx/pg/en/descarga_ing.php?id_volumen=179&id_articulo=1118
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description We maintain that no extant argument in favor of phenomenal external- ism (PE) is really convincing. PE is the thesis that the phenomenal properties of our experiences must be individuated widely insofar as they are constituted by worldly properties. We consider what we take to be the five best arguments for PE. We try to show that none of them really proves what it aims at proving. Unless better arguments in favor of phenomenal externalism show up in the debate, we see no reason to relinquish an idea that seems intuitive and appeals to many cognitive sci- entists: that phenomenology is narrow, i.e., that phenomenal properties are intrinsic properties of our experiences. This idea grounds the opposite philosophical position, phenomenal internalism (PI).
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spelling doaj-art-e3c78dd63d84443888f95701a8df481e2025-08-20T02:04:26ZengUniversidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM)Crítica0011-15031870-49052017-04-01491452548AGAINST PHENOMENAL EXTERNALISMELISABETTA SACCHI0ALBERTO VOLTOLINI1Università Vita-Salute San RaffaeleUniversità degli Studi di TorinoWe maintain that no extant argument in favor of phenomenal external- ism (PE) is really convincing. PE is the thesis that the phenomenal properties of our experiences must be individuated widely insofar as they are constituted by worldly properties. We consider what we take to be the five best arguments for PE. We try to show that none of them really proves what it aims at proving. Unless better arguments in favor of phenomenal externalism show up in the debate, we see no reason to relinquish an idea that seems intuitive and appeals to many cognitive sci- entists: that phenomenology is narrow, i.e., that phenomenal properties are intrinsic properties of our experiences. This idea grounds the opposite philosophical position, phenomenal internalism (PI).http://critica.filosoficas.unam.mx/pg/en/descarga_ing.php?id_volumen=179&id_articulo=1118epistemic and phenomenal indistinguishabilityphenomenal characterphenomenal naturephenomenal internalism
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phenomenal character
phenomenal nature
phenomenal internalism
title AGAINST PHENOMENAL EXTERNALISM
title_full AGAINST PHENOMENAL EXTERNALISM
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title_short AGAINST PHENOMENAL EXTERNALISM
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topic epistemic and phenomenal indistinguishability
phenomenal character
phenomenal nature
phenomenal internalism
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