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Keith Frankish is a prominent proponent of illusionism, a philosophical view which posits that phenomenal consciousness is an illusion {fact:2, fact:3}. He explicitly contrasts this perspective with traditional theories that accept phenomenal consciousness as real {fact:1, fact:4}.
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perspectiveKeith Frankish argues that illusionism is preferable to eliminativism as a label for the view that phenomenal consciousness is an illusion, and that illusionism is preferable to realism about phenomenal consciousness.
quoteKeith Frankish states: 'Theories of consciousness typically address the hard problem. They accept that phenomenal consciousness is real and aim to explain how it comes to exist. There is, however, another approach, which holds that phenomenal consciousness is an illusion and aims to explain why it seems to exist.'
claimIllusionism is the philosophical view that phenomenal consciousness is an illusion, a term popularized by philosopher Keith Frankish in the 2010s.
claimPatricia Churchland and Paul Churchland have applied eliminative materialism to propositional attitudes, while Daniel Dennett, Georges Rey, and Keith Frankish have applied it to qualia or phenomenal consciousness.