Ideas from 'What is it like to be a bat?' by Thomas Nagel [1974], by Theme Structure
[found in 'Mortal Questions' by Nagel,Thomas [CUP 1981,0-521-29460-6]].
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15. Nature of Minds / B. Features of Minds / 1. Consciousness / b. Essence of consciousness
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An organism is conscious if and only if there is something it is like to be that organism
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17. Mind and Body / A. Mind-Body Dualism / 7. Zombies
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Can we describe our experiences to zombies?
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17. Mind and Body / D. Property Dualism / 6. Mysterianism
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Nagel's title creates an impenetrable mystery, by ignoring a bat's ways that may not be "like" anything [Dennett]
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We can't be objective about experience
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17. Mind and Body / E. Mind as Physical / 7. Anti-Physicalism / d. Explanatory gap
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Physicalism should explain how subjective experience is possible, but not 'what it is like' [Kirk,R]
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