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The Source of Anti-Physicalist Arguments: The Unbridgeable Gap between the Phenomenal and the Physical

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The Source of Anti-Physicalist Arguments: The Unbridgeable Gap between the Phenomenal and the Physical

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There is a long-term ongoing discussion on the nature of the relation between the mental and the physical. One of the chief reasons why the nature of this relation resists to a tenable solution for centuries is a compelling gap that philosophers of mind think is inevitable to face when they try to bridge between the mental and the physical. This paper raises three questions regarding the gap, which we call “the phenomenal-physical gap:” what results does this gap have against the materialist-physicalist conception of the world, why do we have this gap or why does it emerge in the first place, and can it be explained away in favor of physicalism? In attempting to answer the first question, the paper analyzes commonly known anti-physicalist arguments to point out the recalcitrant nature of mind (and phenomenality) against the materialist-physicalist conception of the world. To answer the second question, the paper makes three diagnoses and put forward three corresponding constraints that are unavoidable in any (failing) attempt to establish a metaphysical connection between the mental and the physical. Finally, in answering the third question, the paper addresses one attempt made by David Papineau, and implies that his and other similar attempts to explain away the gap in question are not likely to succeed. The ultimate assertion of the paper is that any attempt to bridge the gap between the mental and the physical is destined to fail given the constraints put forward on the phenomenal nature of mind; and thus, the best action is to pursue a more satisfactory level of understanding of the phenomenal first, by postulating new concepts, correctly categorizing those, discovering new dimensions of the phenomenality and so on.

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Araştırma Makalesi

Yayımlanma Tarihi

30 Aralık 2020

Gönderilme Tarihi

11 Aralık 2020

Kabul Tarihi

30 Aralık 2020

Yayımlandığı Sayı

Yıl 2020 Cilt: 3 Sayı: 2

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APA
Arıcı, M. (2020). The Source of Anti-Physicalist Arguments: The Unbridgeable Gap between the Phenomenal and the Physical. MetaZihin: Yapay Zeka ve Zihin Felsefesi Dergisi, 3(2), 99-119. https://doi.org/10.51404/metazihin.847626
AMA
1.Arıcı M. The Source of Anti-Physicalist Arguments: The Unbridgeable Gap between the Phenomenal and the Physical. MetaZihin: Yapay Zeka ve Zihin Felsefesi Dergisi. 2020;3(2):99-119. doi:10.51404/metazihin.847626
Chicago
Arıcı, Murat. 2020. “The Source of Anti-Physicalist Arguments: The Unbridgeable Gap between the Phenomenal and the Physical”. MetaZihin: Yapay Zeka ve Zihin Felsefesi Dergisi 3 (2): 99-119. https://doi.org/10.51404/metazihin.847626.
EndNote
Arıcı M (01 Aralık 2020) The Source of Anti-Physicalist Arguments: The Unbridgeable Gap between the Phenomenal and the Physical. MetaZihin: Yapay Zeka ve Zihin Felsefesi Dergisi 3 2 99–119.
IEEE
[1]M. Arıcı, “The Source of Anti-Physicalist Arguments: The Unbridgeable Gap between the Phenomenal and the Physical”, MetaZihin: Yapay Zeka ve Zihin Felsefesi Dergisi, c. 3, sy 2, ss. 99–119, Ara. 2020, doi: 10.51404/metazihin.847626.
ISNAD
Arıcı, Murat. “The Source of Anti-Physicalist Arguments: The Unbridgeable Gap between the Phenomenal and the Physical”. MetaZihin: Yapay Zeka ve Zihin Felsefesi Dergisi 3/2 (01 Aralık 2020): 99-119. https://doi.org/10.51404/metazihin.847626.
JAMA
1.Arıcı M. The Source of Anti-Physicalist Arguments: The Unbridgeable Gap between the Phenomenal and the Physical. MetaZihin: Yapay Zeka ve Zihin Felsefesi Dergisi. 2020;3:99–119.
MLA
Arıcı, Murat. “The Source of Anti-Physicalist Arguments: The Unbridgeable Gap between the Phenomenal and the Physical”. MetaZihin: Yapay Zeka ve Zihin Felsefesi Dergisi, c. 3, sy 2, Aralık 2020, ss. 99-119, doi:10.51404/metazihin.847626.
Vancouver
1.Murat Arıcı. The Source of Anti-Physicalist Arguments: The Unbridgeable Gap between the Phenomenal and the Physical. MetaZihin: Yapay Zeka ve Zihin Felsefesi Dergisi. 01 Aralık 2020;3(2):99-119. doi:10.51404/metazihin.847626