What is it not Like to be a Brain?

McGinn, Colin

doi:10.1075/aicr.29.11mcg

Part of

The Physical Nature of Consciousness
Edited by Philip Van Loocke
[Advances in Consciousness Research 29] 2001
► pp. 257–268

What is it not Like to be a Brain?

Colin McGinn

The standard objection to materialism is inverted. It is argued that materialism fails to do justice to the nature of matter; it omits or distorts the distinctive character of physical phenomena. The symmetry of identity plays a crucial role in the argument.

Published online: 12 April 2001

https://doi.org/10.1075/aicr.29.11mcg

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