TY - JOUR
T1 - Ramseyan humility
T2 - the response from revelation and panpsychism
AU - Majeed, Raamy
PY - 2016/9/16
Y1 - 2016/9/16
N2 - David Lewis argues for Ramseyan humility, the thesis that we can’t identify the fundamental properties that occupy the nomological roles at our world. Lewis, however, remarks that there is a potential exception to this, which involves assuming two views concerning qualia (i) panphenomenalism (contemporary panpsychism): all instantiated fundamental properties are qualia and (ii) the identification thesis (revelation): we can know the identities of our qualia simply by being acquainted with them. This paper aims to provide an exposition, as well as an assessment, of this response to the humility thesis.
AB - David Lewis argues for Ramseyan humility, the thesis that we can’t identify the fundamental properties that occupy the nomological roles at our world. Lewis, however, remarks that there is a potential exception to this, which involves assuming two views concerning qualia (i) panphenomenalism (contemporary panpsychism): all instantiated fundamental properties are qualia and (ii) the identification thesis (revelation): we can know the identities of our qualia simply by being acquainted with them. This paper aims to provide an exposition, as well as an assessment, of this response to the humility thesis.
KW - Ramseyan Humility
KW - Panpsychism
KW - Phenomenal consciousness
KW - Qualia
KW - Revelation
KW - Transcendental idealism
UR - https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=pure_starter&SrcAuth=WosAPI&KeyUT=WOS:000388768800005&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=WOS
U2 - 10.1080/00455091.2016.1226670
DO - 10.1080/00455091.2016.1226670
M3 - Article
SN - 0045-5091
VL - 47
SP - 75
EP - 96
JO - Canadian Journal of Philosophy
JF - Canadian Journal of Philosophy
IS - 1
ER -