Review of Torin Alter and Sven Walter (eds.) Phenomenal Concepts and Phenomenal Knowledge: New Essays on Consciousness and Physicalism
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Phenomenal Concepts and Phenomenal Knowledge is an edited volume of new essays relating to the debates around phenomenal experience in philosophy of mind. Alter and Walter provide an excellent introduction to the volume, producing a well edited collection of papers that represent some of the most interesting and cutting edge work in the field, and together provide a subtle and complex overview of the contemporary theoretical landscape. In addition, as many of the papers refer to others within the volume, they provide an excellent opportunity for in depth and complex debate between some of the leading theorists at work today. The first part of the collection concentrates on phenomenal knowledge, with essays based around Frank Jackson’s knowledge argument . The latter half contains essays on the broader notion of phenomenal concepts, concentrating mostly on anti-physicalist arguments and the popular a posteriori physicalist response.
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