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1、PERRYKNOWLEDGE,POSSIBILITY,ANDCONSCIOUSNESSKNOWLEDGE,POSSIBILITY,ANDCONSCIOUSNESSJOHNPERRYPhysicalismistheideathatifeverythingthatgoes“Witissurpassedonlybyacumeninthisonintheuniverseisphysical,ourconsciousnesspithybook.Chiefobjectionstophysicalismandfeelin
2、gsmustalsobephysical.EversinceDescartesformulatedthemind-bodyproblem,aarestatedlucidly,andrebuttedconvincingly.longlineofphilosophershasfoundthephysicalistThefieldisenlivenedandevenreaderswhoKNOWLEDGE,viewtobepreposterous.AccordingtoJohnPerry,thehistoryoft
3、hemind-bodyproblemis,inpart,demurwillreap.”theslowvictoryofphysicalmonismovervariousPOSSIBILITY,formsofdualism.Eachnewversionofdualism—ErnestSosa,BrownUniversityclaimsthatsurelysomethingmoreisgoingonwithusthanthemerelyphysical.andRutgersUniversityANDCONSCI
4、OUSNESSInthisbookPerrydefendsaviewthathecallsantecedentphysicalism.Hetakesoneachofthreemajorargumentsagainstphysicalism,showingthattheyposenothreattoantecedentphysical-ism.Theseargumentsarethezombieargument(thatthereisapossibleworldinhabitedbybeingsthatare
5、physicallyindiscerniblefromusbutnotconscious),theknowledgeargument(thatwecanknowfactsaboutourownfeelingsthatarenotjustphysicalfacts,therebyprovingphysicalismTheMITPressMassachusettsInstituteofTechnologyfalse),andthemodalargument(thattheidentityCambridge,Ma
6、ssachusetts02142ofsensationandbrainstateiscontingent,butsincethereisnosuchthingascontingentidentity,http:/mitpress.mit.edusensationsarenotbrainstates).JohnPerryistheH.W.StuartProfessorofPhilosophyPERKH0-262-16199-0JOHNPERRYatStanfordUniversity.,!7IA2G2-bgb
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8、heMind,FredDretske(1995)StrongFeelings:Emotion,Addiction,andHumanBehavior,JonElster(1999)Knowledge,Possibility,andConsciousness,JohnPerry(2001)The1999JeanNicodLecturesKnowledge,Possibility,andConsciousnessJoh