In this very interesting discussion between Richard Brown, Keith Frankish, and Philip Goff, Frankish makes the point that the core of his illusionist view is the denial of a phenomenal…
I'm glad I listened to this discussion between Richard Brown and Keith Frankish on Consciousness Live, as Brown seems to have many of the same questions about illusionism that I…
I found that Keith Frankish's paper Quining Diet Qualia (PDF warning) was very helpful for understanding the Illusionist research program. In the paper, he lays out a few conceptions of…
I wanted to write a bit about Saul Kripke because I figured there are many people who have encountered him through linguistics and logic, but are unfamiliar with how his…
I was recently listening to this great discussion on consciousness between Philip Goff and Richard Brown, and when they got to a discussion of conceivability arguments (e.g. zombie conceivability), Goff…
I've posted about illusionism a couple of times, e.g. here and here. In this post, I want to discuss the frequent claim by illusionists that they are just "rejecting bad…
I thought this was an interesting but odd tweet by the philosopher Stathis Psillos: https://twitter.com/StathisPsillos/status/1169913170779136000 I'm not sure whether he means ontological idealism (the ultimate foundations of reality are mental)…
I posted a couple of times recently about the Knowledge Argument (KA). In the first, I summarized my view as follows: 1. I’m not convinced this argument refutes physicalism.2. I…
I posted earlier about the Knowledge Argument, and have been thinking more about Philip Goff's simplified version. Here it is again: The Key Premise – A congenitally blind neuroscientist could never,…
Consider a woman, Mary, who has lived her entire life in a black-and-white room. In that room, she learns (e.g. through books and a black-and-white television) everything there is to…
