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Joseph Levine is a central figure in the philosophy of mind who introduced the 'explanatory gap' to address the relationship between physicalism and qualia [1]. His work specifically examines the potential inadequacy of physical explanations for qualia [2] and he has extensively published on these topics [3].
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A harder problem of consciousness: reflections on a 50-year quest ... frontiersin.org 1 fact
claimJoseph Levine (1983) suggests that the current explanation of qualia may be inadequate or impractical because the physical correlate of the qualia of space might be fundamentally distinct from the subjective experience of extendedness.
Hard problem of consciousness - Wikipedia en.wikipedia.org 1 fact
referenceJoseph Levine introduced the concept of the 'explanatory gap' regarding materialism and qualia in his 1983 paper 'Materialism and qualia: the explanatory gap'.
Hard Problem of Consciousness | Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy iep.utm.edu 1 fact
referenceJoseph Levine authored 'On Leaving out what it’s like', published in the 1993 collection 'Consciousness: Psychological and Philosophical Essays' edited by M. Davies and G. Humphreys.