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The Knowledge Argument Against Physicalism
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<blockquote data-quote="public hermit" data-source="post: 74618265" data-attributes="member: 421854"><p>I agree. But, logical conceivability allows for some strange possibilities if one is employing modal logic. Again from Chalmers, "For example, it seems conceivable that an object could travel faster than a billion meters per second. This hypothesis is physically and naturally impossible, because it contradicts the laws of physics and the laws of nature. This case may be metaphysically possible, however, since there might well be metaphysically possible worlds with different laws."</p><p></p><p>And, I would think metaphysical possibility could hinge on whether one is committed to concrete possible worlds (David Lewis) or simply ersatz possible worlds (virtually everybody else). At any rate, Chalmers published a paper on this very issue of conceivability and the move from there to metaphysical possibility, if you're interested.</p><p></p><p> <a href="http://consc.net/papers/conceivability.html" target="_blank">Does Conceivability Entail Possibility?</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="public hermit, post: 74618265, member: 421854"] I agree. But, logical conceivability allows for some strange possibilities if one is employing modal logic. Again from Chalmers, "For example, it seems conceivable that an object could travel faster than a billion meters per second. This hypothesis is physically and naturally impossible, because it contradicts the laws of physics and the laws of nature. This case may be metaphysically possible, however, since there might well be metaphysically possible worlds with different laws." And, I would think metaphysical possibility could hinge on whether one is committed to concrete possible worlds (David Lewis) or simply ersatz possible worlds (virtually everybody else). At any rate, Chalmers published a paper on this very issue of conceivability and the move from there to metaphysical possibility, if you're interested. [URL='http://consc.net/papers/conceivability.html']Does Conceivability Entail Possibility?[/URL] [/QUOTE]
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