Why qualia are not epiphenomenal

Ratio 21 (1):85–90 (2008)
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Abstract

In this article, I give an original objection to Frank Jackson's argument for the conclusion that the subjective, felt properties of experience are causally inert. I show that the very act of asserting the existence of these properties undermines the claim that they are epiphenomenal. If this objection goes through, it is fatal to the argument in question.

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Hans D. Muller
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