Naturalizing Qualia

Hill (2014) argues that perceptual qualia, i.e. the ways in which things look from a viewpoint, are physical properties of objects. They are relational in nature, that is, they are functions of objects’ intrinsic properties, viewpoints, and observers. Hill also claims that his kind of representatio...

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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:b2668937ef2c473cb5f3bf589b7013672021-12-02T09:50:52ZNaturalizing Qualia10.13128/Phe_Mi-211142280-78532239-4028https://doaj.org/article/b2668937ef2c473cb5f3bf589b7013672017-08-01T00:00:00Zhttps://oaj.fupress.net/index.php/pam/article/view/7274https://doaj.org/toc/2280-7853https://doaj.org/toc/2239-4028 Hill (2014) argues that perceptual qualia, i.e. the ways in which things look from a viewpoint, are physical properties of objects. They are relational in nature, that is, they are functions of objects’ intrinsic properties, viewpoints, and observers. Hill also claims that his kind of representationalism is the only view capable of “naturalizing qualia”. After discussing a worry with Hill’s account, I put forward an alternative, which is just as “naturalization-friendly”. I build upon Chirimuuta’s color adverbialism (2015), and I argue that we would better serve the “naturalizing project” if we abandoned representationalism and preferred a broadly adverbialist view of perceptual qualia. Alessandra BuccellaRosenberg & Sellierarticlequalianaturalismadverbialismperceptual experienceappearanceAestheticsBH1-301EthicsBJ1-1725ENFRITPhenomenology and Mind, Iss 12 (2017)
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language EN
FR
IT
topic qualia
naturalism
adverbialism
perceptual experience
appearance
Aesthetics
BH1-301
Ethics
BJ1-1725
spellingShingle qualia
naturalism
adverbialism
perceptual experience
appearance
Aesthetics
BH1-301
Ethics
BJ1-1725
Alessandra Buccella
Naturalizing Qualia
description Hill (2014) argues that perceptual qualia, i.e. the ways in which things look from a viewpoint, are physical properties of objects. They are relational in nature, that is, they are functions of objects’ intrinsic properties, viewpoints, and observers. Hill also claims that his kind of representationalism is the only view capable of “naturalizing qualia”. After discussing a worry with Hill’s account, I put forward an alternative, which is just as “naturalization-friendly”. I build upon Chirimuuta’s color adverbialism (2015), and I argue that we would better serve the “naturalizing project” if we abandoned representationalism and preferred a broadly adverbialist view of perceptual qualia.
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