The New Dualisms on the Problem of Consciousness
Liu Hai-tao · Journal of Huaiyin Teachers College · 2012
The current study of consciousness has led to the fusion of materialism and dualism.This trend persist physicalism in ontology and adopts different forms of dualisms in epistemology.Phenomenal concept strategy distinguishes the knowledge about physical facts as physical knowledge and phenomenal knowledge,refuting the anti-physical arguments from the angle of concept dualism and deepening the understanding of epistemic gap.The key problem of consciousness research is how to deal with the relationship between physical matter and mental matter.The new dualisms respond it in different strategies,and promote the study of consciousness.