Epiphenomenal qualia - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

phenomenal consciousness - ANSWER-A form of consciousness with a subjective experiential quality, as involved in perception, sensation, and emotion. 'What it is like' to experience such mental phenomena. access consciousness - ANSWER-A mental state available for "rational" control of speech and behavior in a wide variety of inferrences Is phenomenal consciousness access consciousness? - ANSWER-??? idk self-conscious - ANSWER-concept of a self and to apply that concept to oneself ...

Descartes' argument for the existence of the body - ANSWER-Descartes argument for the existence of the body is divisible because he cannot think of a body except as having parts. -Sensible perception of ideas of external things, there are two faculties that a re involved: passive faculty of sensing [P] and active faculty of producing or bringing about ideas [A] -If A stays in "me", then I voluntarily produce or bring about the ideas of external things. Ideas of external things are involunt...

These notes are on Frank Jackson and the Epiphenomenal Qualia. They are separated into two sections, the first being quick class notes taken during the lecture. They serve as a great review and an overall summary of the lesson, perfect for a quick study. The second part is more detailed and was taken from PowerPoint and the lecture reading. These serve better for more intense study sessions as they go more in-depth and provide more examples. This class is being taken over the summer and instruct...