Contra Chalmers : on consciousness and conceivability

This thesis presents and evaluates David Chalmers argument that the existence of phenomenal conscious experience constitutes a permanent barrier to the reductive aspirations of a purely materialistic neuroscience. My aim is to defend the possibility of a reductive explanation of consciousness, and a...

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Main Author: Primmer, Jennifer-Wrae
Other Authors: O'Hagan, Emer
Format: Others
Language:en
Published: University of Saskatchewan 2010
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Online Access:http://library.usask.ca/theses/available/etd-07062010-150355/