Ideas of Joseph Levine, by Theme

[American, b.1952, Professor at Ohio State University.]

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17. Mind and Body / E. Mind as Physical / 7. Anti-Physicalism / d. Explanatory gap
Even if we identify pain with neural events, we can't explain why those neurons cause that feeling [Papineau]
Only phenomenal states have an explanatory gap; water is fully explained by H2O [Papineau]
Materialism won't explain phenomenal properties, because the latter aren't seen in causal roles [Papineau]