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Thomas Nagel discusses the limitations of understanding the subjective experience of a bat's brain in his philosophical argument regarding the distinction between phenomenal and physical facts, as described in [1].
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Non-physicalist Theories of Consciousness cambridge.org 1 fact
claimThomas Nagel argues that humans cannot deduce what it is like to be a bat, despite knowing the physical characteristics of a bat's sensory system and brain, which implies that phenomenal facts are distinct from physical facts.