TEN THESES ABOUT PHILOSOPHY OF MIND AND THEORY OF EXPERIENCE

by Beppe Pavoletti (Acqui Terme - Italy)

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Abstract | Contents

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1. PHENOMAL CONSCIOUSNESS DOES EXIST

2. NATURE OF CONSCIOUSNESS ENTAILS THE FACT THAT IT IS ONTOLOGICALLY SUBJECTIVE

3. FROM THE REALITY OF CONSCIOUSNESS FOLLOWS THAT WORLD DOES EXIST AT LEAST AS AN APPEARANCE

4. CONSCIOUSNESS IS NOT AN INNER EYE THAT SEES MENTAL EVENTS SUCH AS EXPERIENCES, PAINS, FEELINGS (there is no Cartesian theatre)

5. CONSCIOUSNESS AND SELF ARE NOT OBJECTIFIABLE AND CONSCIOUS STATES ARE NOT THINGS OR OBJECTS

6. CONSCIOUSNESS IS NEITHER A COLLECTION OF DISCRETE EVENTS NOR A DESERT LANDSCAPE: IT COULD BE BETTER DESCRIBED AS A STRUCTURED MULTIDIMENSIONAL FLOW

7. SUCH PROBLEMS AS OTHER MINDS OR IDENTIFICATION OF ONE'S OWN EXPERIENCES ARE FACTUAL, NOT GRAMMATICAL OR A PRIORI

8. LANGAUGE IS NOT INDEPENDENT FROM CONSCIOUSNESS, AND IT'S JUST A RELATIVELY SMALL PART OF EXPERIENCE

9. CONSCIOUSNESS IS NOT SEPARATE FROM THE WORLD

10.EMPIRICAL WORLD AND CONSCIOUS STATES CAN'T BE IMMEDIATELY CONFLATED