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The Knowledge Argument and the Implications of Phenomenal Knowledge
Author(s) -
Howell Robert J.
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
philosophy compass
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.973
H-Index - 25
ISSN - 1747-9991
DOI - 10.1111/j.1747-9991.2011.00408.x
Subject(s) - physicalism , epistemology , argument (complex analysis) , indexicality , focus (optics) , philosophy , metaphysics , chemistry , biochemistry , physics , optics
This article presents the knowledge argument against physicalism and objections to it. The focus is on the ways responses to that argument have tried to account for phenomenal knowledge within a physicalist picture. Various ‘phenomenal concepts’ strategies are considered, along with recent arguments against them. Also considered are attempts to explain phenomenal knowledge in terms of indexical knowledge and in terms of acquaintance.