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The explanatory gap is a central philosophical challenge to physicalism, with [1] and [2] highlighting how it questions the adequacy of physicalist accounts of consciousness. Furthermore, [3] explicitly categorizes the explanatory gap as a formal argument used to challenge the validity of physicalism.
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Resolving the evolutionary paradox of consciousness link.springer.com 1 fact
claimFormal arguments against physicalism include the knowledge argument proposed by Jackson in 1982, the conceivability or zombie argument proposed by Chalmers in 1996, and the explanatory gap argument proposed by Levine in 1983.
David Chalmers - Wikipedia en.wikipedia.org 1 fact
perspectiveDavid Chalmers argues for an 'explanatory gap' from the objective to the subjective and criticizes physicalist explanations of mental experience, identifying himself as a dualist.
Hard problem of consciousness - Wikipedia en.wikipedia.org 1 fact
perspectiveJoseph Levine considers the possibility that the explanatory gap between consciousness and the physical world is merely an epistemological problem for physicalism, rather than evidence that consciousness is non-physical.