God and phenomenal consciousness: a novel approach to knowledge arguments
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge [u.a.]
Cambridge University Press
c2008
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| In: | Year: 2008 |
| Further subjects: | B
Jackson
Frank
1943-
B Consciousness B Knowledge, Theory of |
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Table of Contents Verlag Verlag Verlag |
| Item Description: | The structure of knowledge arguments -- The structure of knowledge arguments -- Jackson's Mary argument -- Nagel's bat argument -- Defining a knowledge argument -- The argument from concept possession -- Grim's argument from knowledge de se -- Why they are knowledge arguments -- Nontheoretical physicalism -- Knowledge arguments in the philosophy of religion -- Grim's argument from knowledge de se -- Castañeda's and Abbruzzese's objections to the argument from knowledge de se -- First principle : divine omniscience and epistemic powers -- Second principle : divine omnipotence and necessary impossibilities -- Applying the principles -- Possible objections -- Aplication of my strategy -- The argument from concept possession (1) -- Historical background -- The structure of the argument from concept possession -- Objections to (1) -- Objections to (2) -- Objections to (3) -- Objections to (4) -- The argument from concept possession (2) -- A new objection to (4) -- Amending (4) -- Objections to the new argument -- Knowledge arguments in the philosophy of mind -- Nagel's bat argument -- Argument 1 -- Objections to argument 1 -- Argument 2 -- The thomistic principle -- The revised thomistic principle -- Thomas vs. Thomas : applying the revised thomistic principle -- Possible objections -- Jackson's Mary argument (1) -- The Mary argument against physicalism -- The parity of reasons objection -- The Mary argument against dualism -- Replies from dualists -- Reductive dualism and non-reductive dualism -- Application of the parity of reasons objection : Chalmers' panprotopsychism -- Jackson's Mary argument (2) -- The Mary argument again -- The argument from concept possession again -- The structural similarity between the mary argument and the argument from -- Concept possession -- The crucial dissimilarity between the mary argument and the argument from -- Concept possession -- Mary's ignorance -- Knowing the fundamental features of physical entities and properties -- Knowledge arguments and nontheoretical physicalism -- Knowledge arguments and nontheoretical physicalism -- Plausibility of (i) -- Pausibility of (ii) -- Pausibility of (iii) -- Nontheoretical physicalism and the mystery of phenomenal consciousness -- Nontheoretical physicalism and the existence of God -- Knowledge arguments and measuring the size of omniscience. - Includes bibliographical references (p. 147-158) and index. - Formerly CIP |
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| ISBN: | 0521879663 |