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Commentary on Jakab's Ineffability of Qualia [PDF]

open access: yes, 2000
Zoltan Jakab has presented an interesting conceptual analysis of the ineffability of qualia in a functionalist and classical cognitivist framework. But he does not want to commit himself to a certain metaphysical thesis on the ontology of consciousness ...
Metzinger, Thomas
core   +1 more source

Cost–benefit analysis and ‘next best’ methods to evaluate the efficiency of social policies: As in pitching horseshoes, closeness matters

open access: yesAnnals of Public and Cooperative Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract Many policymakers are unwilling, or think that it is infeasible, to perform comprehensive cost–benefit analysis (CBA) of programmes in social policy arenas. What principles actually underlie CBA? An understanding is necessary to assess whether other evaluation methods are close enough to CBA to provide useful information on social efficiency ...
Aidan R. Vining, Anthony E. Boardman
wiley   +1 more source

Does Phenomenology Ground Mental Content? [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
I develop several new arguments against claims about "cognitive phenomenology" and its alleged role in grounding thought content. My arguments concern "absent cognitive qualia cases", "altered cognitive qualia cases", and "disembodied cognitive qualia ...
Pautz, Adam
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Digital Doppelgängers, Human Relationships, and Practical Identity

open access: yesBioethics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In this paper, we examine the potential effects of relationships with Large Language Model (LLM)‐based digital doppelgängers (DDs) on users' values, concerns, and interests, that is, on their practical identity. DDs are artificially intelligent conversational agents trained on individuals' data to replicate their speech patterns, mannerisms ...
Cristina Voinea   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Acts of Eadburg: drypoint additions to Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS Selden Supra 30

open access: yesEarly Medieval Europe, EarlyView.
In 1913, two drypoint additions were identified in Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS Selden Supra 30 (SS30), an eighth‐century Southumbrian copy of the Acts of the Apostles. It was suggested that these additions, cut into the membrane of p. 47, were abbreviations of the Old English female name, Eadburg. Just over a century later, many more drypoint markings
Jessica Hendy‐Hodgkinson
wiley   +1 more source

Meta-Illusionism and Qualia Quietism [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
Many so-called problems in contemporary philosophy of mind depend for their expression on a collection of inter-defined technical terms, a few of which are qualia, phenomenal property, and what-it’s-like-ness. I express my scepticism about Keith Frankish’
Mandik, Pete
core  

From Moral Supervenience to Moral Contingentism (In One Easy Step!)

open access: yesAnalytic Philosophy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT According to the Divide & Conquer (DC) strategy (Fogal and Risberg 2020) for explaining moral supervenience, the modal covariation between moral and natural properties can be partly explained by appeal to pure moral principles. Bhogal (2022) has recently argued that DC fails.
Alexios Stamatiadis‐Bréhier
wiley   +1 more source

Factors in consumers' purchase intention for Gejia batik. [PDF]

open access: yesHeliyon
In China's vigorous development and inheritance of intangible cultural heritage, the sustainability and acceptability of intangible cultural heritage products have become a controversial subject.
Li X, Romainoor NH, Sun Z.
europepmc   +2 more sources

The Concept of Categoricity

open access: yesAnalytic Philosophy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Despite the fact that the concept of categoricity is ubiquitous in contemporary metaphysics, it is hard to find a suitable characterization of categoricity. I hold that the absence of such a characterization is responsible for much confusion and debate regarding categorical properties and their relationship to dispositions.
Sungho Choi
wiley   +1 more source

Poznawcze hybrydy i hybrydowe qualia

open access: yesAnaliza i Egzystencja
The aim of this article is to analyze selected theoretical issues concerning perceptual systems in which hybrid qualia arise. By “hybrid qualia”, I mean subjective sensory experiences generated in technologically modified perceptual systems. In the first
Robert Poczobut
doaj   +1 more source

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