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The Simplicity Intuition and Its Hidden Influence on Philosophy of Mind
Author(s) -
Barnett David
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
noûs
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.574
H-Index - 66
eISSN - 1468-0068
pISSN - 0029-4624
DOI - 10.1111/j.1468-0068.2008.00682.x
Subject(s) - intuition , philosophy , functionalism (philosophy of mind) , metaphysics , philosophy of mind , classics , epistemology , history
Descartes’s Zombie: Bodies physically identical to ours could lack consciousness. Huxley’s Explanatory Gap: There can be no explanation of how states of consciousness arise from interaction among a collection of physical things. Putnam’s Swarm of Bees: A swarm of bees could not itself be conscious. Block’s Miniature Men in the Head: A collection of tiny men realizing the same functional states as an ordinary brain could not itself be conscious. Block’s Nation of China: A collection of ordinary people realizing the same functional states as an ordinary brain could not itself be conscious. Searle’s Chinese Room: A system comprising a person who does not understand Chinese and a written set of rules could not itself understand Chinese.1 Unger’s Zuboffian Brain Separation: A collection of widely scattered neurons could not itself be conscious.