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Phenomenal Feel as Process1
Author(s) -
Paul L.A.
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
philosophical issues
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.638
H-Index - 18
eISSN - 1758-2237
pISSN - 1533-6077
DOI - 10.1111/phis.12095
Subject(s) - physicalism , ontology , epistemology , common ground , process (computing) , psychology , philosophy , character (mathematics) , social psychology , metaphysics , computer science , geometry , mathematics , operating system
Phenomenal character (or feel) is the what‐it's‐likeness of subjective experience. I develop an ontology of phenomenal feel as process. My being in some phenomenal state R is the process of my instantiating R ’s neurological correlate. The ontology explains why we have asymmetric epistemic access to phenomenal characters: the ontological ground for the subjective or first‐personal stance is different from the ontological ground for the objective or third‐personal stance. I end by situating my account in debates about physicalism.