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phenomenality
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Non-physicalist Theories of Consciousness cambridge.org Dec 20, 2023 4 facts
claimContemporary philosophers often regard phenomenality, or 'what it's like'-ness, as an equally or more important mark of the mental than intentionality.
claimPhenomenality is often argued to be non-functional and non-structural, whereas intentionality is regarded as potentially structural because it consists of an 'aboutness' relation between consciousness and the world.
perspectiveJaegwon Kim (2005) and other non-physicalists argue that while intentionality might be physically explained, phenomenality cannot be.
claimNon-physicalist theories generally agree that phenomenality is non-physical, and they view intentionality as being constituted by phenomenality, the physical, or a combination of both, or as a fundamental property alongside phenomenality.
Consciousness and Cognitive Sciences journal-psychoanalysis.eu 4 facts
claimPhenomenality is defined as an appearance, which is a relational concept representing what something is for another entity endowed with apprehensive abilities, as opposed to a 'being in itself' independent of apprehension.
claimOrganisms with different sensory systems, such as bats with sonar systems and humans with visual systems, perceive the external world differently because phenomenality is a crucial fact for living beings.
claimAdvocates of the 'explanatory gap' argument criticize Cognitive Science for failing to account for phenomenality or subjectivity, either by ignoring them or by failing to explain them.
claimPhenomenality is effectively equivalent to subjectivity when subjectivity is defined as the first-person perspective of how things are.
Hard problem of consciousness - Wikipedia en.wikipedia.org 1 fact
quoteKeith Frankish concludes that illusionism 'replaces the hard problem with the illusion problem—the problem of explaining how the illusion of phenomenality arises and why it is so powerful.'
Research - Keith Frankish keithfrankish.com 1 fact
perspectiveKeith Frankish advocates for 'illusionism' about consciousness, which is the view that phenomenality is an introspective illusion.