Phenomenal and the Representational

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Phenomenal and the Representational

Philosophy: metaphysics and ontology Philosophy: epistemology and theory of knowledge Philosophy of mind

Author: Jeff Speaks

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Language: English

Published by: OUP Oxford

Published on: 23rd July 2015

Format: LCP-protected ePub

Size: 648 Kb

ISBN: 9780191046506


Differences Between Things With Minds and Things Without

There are two main ways in which things with minds, like us, differ from things without minds, like tables and chairs. First, we are conscious—there is something that it is like to be us. We instantiate phenomenal properties.

Second, we represent, in various ways, our world as being certain ways. We instantiate representational properties.

Jeff Speaks attempts to make progress on three questions: What are phenomenal properties? What are representational properties? How are the phenomenal and the representational related?

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