False consciousness

body is a widely debated and unsolved topic that has plagued the human quest for truth. The question has deep philosophical roots and has several titles, for example, the mind-body problem, mind-body interaction problem, or the hard problem of consciousness. Prima facie, the question may appear unnecessary as we ourselves obviously have minds, and we can physically feel and experience the world around us. Descartes famously stepped up the game on this question with his Meditations’. He broke…

will my zombie twin be doing? She will also be thinking same what I might be thinking and would also feel the same way what I felt when thought about food. But my zombie twin will lack consciousness and yet be thinking same she will not be able to experience what I will experience and feel. Therefore, consciousness is…

In this paper I will be critically evaluating U.T Place’s “Is consciousness a brain process?” and expressing and/or giving my views about his arguments. Topics on this paper will include the existence or continuum about sensations and mental imagery of the brain process, cognitive concepts (e.g., knowing, remembering, understanding), the relationship and difference between expressing formation of the grammatical predicate and grammatical subject with Place’s examples, the rule of language…

In this paper, I will be arguing the meaning of a pragmatic paradox, Husserl’s theory of time-consciousness, whether there are a pragmatic paradoxes in the view of time and in the statement “I do not exist”. The relation of time has repercussion on how we understand how a conscious mind works. I will argue that there is no pragmatic paradox with the idea of time as the current model of physics proves time does not flow; however, there is a pragmatic paradox with the statement “I do not exist”,…

knowledge pertaining to the colors of the world. In the end, Jackson concludes that physicalism, the belief that the world consists only of its physicalities, is false (1986, p. 295). Another philosopher to discuss property dualism was David Chalmers. Chalmers “Consciousness and its Place in Nature”, sets out to discuss what exactly consciousness is. He states that one is conscious where there is something it is like to be that being (2003, p. 2). This just means that since many people know what…

capacity of human consciousness within Cartesian dualism. Science, or more precisely quantum physics, have introduced persuasive reasons to be skeptical of a dualistic philosophy as being conceivable. In order for the realms of mind and matter to interact, physics claims that an exchange of energy is necessary, yet we know that energy of the material world remains constant, as the law of conservation of energy claims. Therefore, if the one reality is material in nature, consciousness cannot…

Locke discusses the main factor that suggests the sameness of personal identity – consciousness, and explains various scenarios in which personal identity remains the same, as well as circumstances when it does not. Despite Locke’s extensive theories, the inconsistencies with pre-existing theories and confusion about whether consciousness alone is a strong…

Nagel highlights that consciousness, or lack thereof in some arguments, is at the centre of the mind-body problem, and that is what makes it so difficult to approach and pinpoint. Nagel’s argument spans a number of different topics, analyzing the existence of consciousness and discussing physicalism, behaviourism, and more. Among analyzing Nagel’s argument, I will also look into the bearing that the argument has on what Ryle calls ‘Descartes’ Myth’. What is consciousness? While there is no…

Jessica, a young girl that has been unconscious since the day she was born, was given a cure so she could finally gain consciousness. After 10 years, Jessica would finally be aware of her surroundings for the first time. In this given scenario, we question what John Locke would say about Jessica after she is conscious. In addition, we will compare and contrast Locke’s theory of knowledge from Rene Descartes’ with respect to Jessica’s knowledge. If Jessica was to become suddenly conscious and…

Person A. An identical copy of Jack’s mind (the mind that he walked into the shop with) is then put into another person, which we shall call Person B. In the essay I shall argue that Jack is Person B by showing that a person is identified by their consciousness. Arguments have been provided to justify each person, Person A and Person B, as being Jack. Firstly, to evaluate these arguments, crucial terms need to be clarified. I will frequently use the term personal identity, a theory pioneered by…