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Pacific philosophical quarterly

ISSN 0031-5621

1 paper in the library · 6 citations · publishing 2010

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A DEFENSE OF THE NECESSARY UNITY OF PHENOMENAL CONSCIOUSNESS

Pacific philosophical quarterly March 1, 2010 Torin Alter 6 citations

Abstract Some argue that split‐brain cases undermine the thesis that phenomenal consciousness is necessarily unified. This paper defends the phenomenal unity thesis against Michael Tye's (2003 ) version of that argument. Two problems are identified. First, his argument relies on a questionable analysis of the split‐brain data. Second, his analysis leads to the view that in experimental...