The Blackout Argument

GPTKB entity

Statements (16)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:philosophy
gptkbp:criticizedFor physicalist philosophers
gptkbp:field philosophy of mind
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label The Blackout Argument
gptkbp:influencedBy knowledge argument
zombie argument
gptkbp:proposedBy gptkb:Joseph_Levine
gptkbp:publishedIn gptkb:Philosophy_and_Phenomenological_Research
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:physicalism
consciousness
qualia
explanatory gap
gptkbp:requires Physicalism cannot explain why there is something it is like to be conscious rather than nothing.
gptkbp:yearProposed 1998
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:The_New_Torment_EP
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7