A Priori Physicalism (or what to say about Mary)

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• Prof. Frank Jackson, Leverhulme Visiting Professor
• Monday 16 May 2011, 17:00-18:00
• Little Hall, Sidgwick Site.

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Many philosophers (and very many cognitive scientists) think of mental states as purely physical phenomena. This thesis in metaphysics implies that the physical determines the mental. According to a priori physicalism, the determination is a priori. How then can we explain why Mary fails to know what it is like to see red? I give the representationalist’s answer to this question.

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