Epiphenomenal Qualia Frank Jackson The Philosophical Quarterly, Vol. 32, No. 127. (Apr., 1982), pp. 127-136. Stable URL: http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0031 …

Frank Jackson; Epiphenomenal Qualia, The Philosophical Quarterly, Volume 32, Issue 127, 1 April 1982, Pages 127–136, https://doi.org/10.2307/2960077

The major factor in stopping people from admitting qualia is the belief that they would have to be given a causal role with respect to the physical world and especially the brain;3 and it is hard …

Epiphenomena1 qualia are totally irrelevant to survival. At no stage of our evolution did natural selection favour those who could make sense of how they are caused and the laws governing …

More recent advocates of epiphenomenalism have included Jackson (1982) and Rob- inson (2004). An oft-cited successor to James’s argument against epiphenomenalism from …

Jackson replies with a newspaper analogy: Reading about a sports win in The Times can be good evidence that The Telegraph also reported it, even though one doesn’t cause the other.

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["Epiphenomenal Qualia" by Frank Jackson first appeared in Philosophical Quarterly, 32 (1982), pp. 127-36.] It is undeniable that the physical, chemical and biological sciences have provided …

Qualia cause nothing physical but are caused by something physical. Hence the epiphenomenalist can argue from the behaviour of others to the qualia of others by arguing …

Epiphenomenal Qualia Frank Jackson The Philosophical Quarterly, Vol. 32, No. 127. (Apr., 1982), pp. 127-136. Stable URL: http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0031 …