“感受性是哲学家的词藻”——丹尼特取消感受性的激进立场探析

“Qualia,philosophers′ rhetoric”——Analysis on Dennett′s abolishing his radical position of qualia

在当代围绕感受性的争论中,美国著名心灵哲学家丹尼特为了维护唯物主义的基本立场,对感受性采取了强硬的取消主义立场。他认为,人们所说的感受性不过是哲学家的词藻,它实质指的是一种倾向性。文中考察了他对各种支持感受性的思想实验的反驳,以及他基于进化论对感受性问题起源的分析。

In the argument centering qualia in the modern world,Dennett,as a famous American philosopher of mind,takes a firm stand of eliminativism towards it in an attempt to defend the basic principles of Materialism.In his mind,the word ＂qualia＂ is not confined to the vocabulary of philosophers but means tendentiousness in essence.This article looks into his refutation against a series of thought experiments supporting qualia and his analysis of the origin of qualia based on evolutionism.