「意識の超難問」の論理分析

三浦 俊彦

doi:10.4216/jpssj.35.2_69

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イシキノチョウナンモンノロンリブンセキ

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The question "How can I be a?" ("a" being a proper name) has been recently referred to as "The Harder Problem of Consciousness", which would remain mysterious even after "The Hard Problem" about how subjective experiences arise is solved. Since both the indexical "I" and an exemplifying name "a" are ambiguous in their references, a formal analysis is required. Then, it turns out that any disambiguated version of "Harder Problem" is logically reduced to "The Hard Problem" or its special case "How can there be a?". There is no "Harder Problem" with its additional philosophical value. This is simply a matter of logic, independent of any ontology on whether metaphysical self exists or not.

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Kagaku tetsugaku

Kagaku tetsugaku 35 (2), 69-81, 2002

The Philosophy of Science Society, Japan