The Thesis of Revelation in the Philosophy of Mind: A Guide for the Perplexed [Special Issue]
Issue: Issue 19 • Author/s: Bruno Cortesi
Topics: Epistemology, Metaphysics, Philosophy of mind, Philosophy of science, Theoretical philosophy
The thesis of experiential revelation—Rev for brevity—in the philosophy of mind claims that to have an experience—i.e., to be acquainted with it—is to know its nature. It is widely agreed that although at least moderate versions of Rev might strike one as plausible and perhaps even appealing, at least up to a certain extent, most of them are nonetheless inconsistent with almost any coherent form of physicalism about the mind. Thus far, the issue of the alleged tension between Rev and physicalism has mostly been put in the relevant literature…