THE EVOLUTIONARY ARGUMENT FOR PHENOMENAL POWERS

Chisholm’s Phenomenal Argument Revisited: a Dilemma for Perdurantism

According to perdurantism, objects persist by being spread out over time just as composite three-dimensional objects are spread out over space. Just as a composite threedimensional object is spread out over space by having spatial parts, objects persist, according to perdurantism, by having temporal parts. Perdurantism can be stated more precisely by saying what exactly a temporal part is. In t...

Combinatorial Nullstellensatz Modulo Prime Powers and the Parity Argument

We present new generalizations of Olson’s theorem and of a consequence of Alon’s Combinatorial Nullstellensatz. These enable us to extend some of their combinatorial applications with conditions modulo primes to conditions modulo prime powers. We analyze computational search problems corresponding to these kinds of combinatorial questions and we prove that the problem of finding degreeconstrain...

Something about Mary: Essays on Phenomenal Consciousness and Frank Jackson’s Knowledge Argument

A lengthy introduction by two of the editors, Daniel Stoljar and Yujin Nagasawa. Frank Jackson's classic articles from the 1980's, " Epiphenomenal Qualia " and " What Mary Didn't Know, " in which he develops and defends the knowledge argument. Fifteen articles representing the main lines of response, four of which have not been previously published. The new ones are bys articles aren't wholly n...

the search for the self in becketts theatre: waiting for godot and endgame

this thesis is based upon the works of samuel beckett. one of the greatest writers of contemporary literature. here, i have tried to focus on one of the main themes in becketts works: the search for the real "me" or the real self, which is not only a problem to be solved for beckett man but also for each of us. i have tried to show becketts techniques in approaching this unattainable goal, base...

Indiscriminability and the Phenomenal