Philosophy · Philosophy of Mind
Physicalism
A topic within Philosophy of Mind, itself one of 10 topics in that field and part of Philosophy.
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- PaperWhat Is It Like to Be a Bat?Thomas Nagel, 1974· 16 pages
Subjective character of experience resists any objective physical account, which is the sharpest form of the mind-body problem.
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Primary sources and full treatments.
- BookThe Emperor's New MindRoger Penrose, 1989
Argues from Gödel that human understanding is not algorithmic, and that minds must therefore exploit physics computers do not.