In 1995,David Chalmers published in Scientific American Revue his famous essay called“The Puzzle of Conscious Experience”,where he analyses the hard and easy problems of consciousness,and objected at the same time a...In 1995,David Chalmers published in Scientific American Revue his famous essay called“The Puzzle of Conscious Experience”,where he analyses the hard and easy problems of consciousness,and objected at the same time against the“esoteric”that claim to be impossible understand consciousness.In fact,Chalmers is just presenting a position that became known from the works of Colin McGinn(The Problem of Consciousness,1991)and Owen Flanagan(The Science of the Mind,1991)as the“New Mysterianism”.According to this philosophical position,the hard problem of consciousness cannot be solved by humans(it is impossible to explain the existence of qualia).Although esotericism may refer to an exploration of the hidden meanings and symbolism in various philosophical,historical,and religious texts,the new mysterianism is however nothing more than a profound paradox,since there is no knowledge to preserve or meanings to discover.However,if this argument is true,then the esotericism is wrong.The purpose will discuss this topic through the philosophical literature produce in the last years.展开更多
文摘In 1995,David Chalmers published in Scientific American Revue his famous essay called“The Puzzle of Conscious Experience”,where he analyses the hard and easy problems of consciousness,and objected at the same time against the“esoteric”that claim to be impossible understand consciousness.In fact,Chalmers is just presenting a position that became known from the works of Colin McGinn(The Problem of Consciousness,1991)and Owen Flanagan(The Science of the Mind,1991)as the“New Mysterianism”.According to this philosophical position,the hard problem of consciousness cannot be solved by humans(it is impossible to explain the existence of qualia).Although esotericism may refer to an exploration of the hidden meanings and symbolism in various philosophical,historical,and religious texts,the new mysterianism is however nothing more than a profound paradox,since there is no knowledge to preserve or meanings to discover.However,if this argument is true,then the esotericism is wrong.The purpose will discuss this topic through the philosophical literature produce in the last years.
