God and Phenomenal Consciousness: A Novel Approach to Knowledge Arguments

By Yujin Nagasawa

Book Overview

In God and Phenomenal Consciousness, Yujin Nagasawa bridges debates in two distinct areas of philosophy: the philosophy of mind and the philosophy of religion. He proposes novel objections to Thomas Nagel's and Frank Jackson's well-known 'knowledge arguments' against the physicalist approach to phenomenal consciousness by utilizing his own objections to arguments against the existence of God. From the failure of these arguments, Nagasawa derives a unique metaphysical thesis, 'nontheoretical physicalism, ' according to which although this world is entirely physical, there are physical facts that cannot be captured even by complete theories of the physical sciences.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1107407869
• ISBN13: 9781107407862
• Release Date: October 2012
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 178 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"