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S/P/571. What is Consciousness? Nagel's and Jackson's arguments

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2011
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The paper looks at the philosophical definitions of consciousness discussing Thomas Nagel’s argument ‘What is it like to be a bat?’ and comparing it with the ‘Knowledge argument’ for dualism formulated by Frank Jackson as a story of Mary the super scientist. The plausibility of both arguments is evaluated.

 

KEYWORDS: Consciousness, Thomas Nagel, Frank Jackson, argument for dualism,