Consciousness, Neuroscience, and Physicalism: Pessimism About Optimistic Induction

被引:2
作者
Zanotti, Giacomo [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Sch Adv Studies IUSS Pavia, Pavia, Italy
来源
ACTA ANALYTICA-INTERNATIONAL PERIODICAL FOR PHILOSOPHY IN THE ANALYTICAL TRADITION | 2023年 / 38卷 / 02期
关键词
Physicalism; Consciousness; Optimistic induction; Neuroscience; Transmission failure; REALIZATION; SUPERVENIENCE; FORMULATION; DEFENSE;
D O I
10.1007/s12136-022-00512-5
中图分类号
B [哲学、宗教];
学科分类号
01 ; 0101 ;
摘要
Nowadays, physicalism is arguably the received view on the nature of mental states. Among the arguments that have been provided in its favour, the inductive one seems to play a pivotal role in the debate. Leveraging the past success of materialistic science, the physicalist argues that a materialistic account of consciousness will eventually be provided, hence that physicalism is true. This article aims at evaluating whether this strategy can provide support for physicalism. According to the standard objection raised against the inductive line of reasoning, the argument would beg the question by assuming some sort of metaphysical uniformity between consciousness and the rest of the natural domain. Here, I concede that there is a way to avoid this criticism. However, I argue that the argument still fails to support physicalism due to a structural problem of justification transmission.
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页码:283 / 297
页数:15
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