Subjective Qualia from a Materialist Point of View
PSA: Proceedings of the Biennial Meeting of the Philosophy of Science Association 1984 Paul M Churchland
It is frequently argued that the phenomenological or qualitative features of our sensations will never be satisfactorily reduced by a purely materialistic neuroscience. They constitute, it is often said, a permanent barrier to the reductive aspirations of physlcalism. In what follows I provide a critical examination of several of the most popular of these arguments. I also explore the...