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1、DrEdmondWrighthttp://people.pwf.cam.ac.uk/elw33/articles/qualia.htmlHome
2、Biography
3、Selectedarticles
4、Hennets
5、Qualifications
6、Listofpublications
7、ContactdetailsDrEdmondWrightInviewoftheexcellentargumentsthathavebeenputforthrecentlyinfavourofqualia,internalsensorypresentations,itwouldstrikeanimpartialob
8、server-onecouldimagineafuturehistorianofphilosophy-asextremelyoddwhysomanyphilosopherswhoareopposedtoqualia,thatis,sensoryexperiencesinternaltothebrain,havelargelyignoredthoseargumentsintheirown.Therehasbeenafashionableassumptionthatanytheoryofperceptionwhichespousesqualiahaslongsincebeenovercomeby
9、anumberof'formidable'objections,inparticular,theHomunculus/InfiniteRegressObjection,theSolipsismObjection,Austin'sIllusion/DelusionObjection,theLudicrousness-of-Colours-in-the-BrainObjection,theIndirect-Realist-has-to-assume-Direct-RealismObjection,theImpossibility-of-Comparing-Internal-with-Extern
10、alObjection,theImpossibilityofIntrinsicExperience,andseveralmoreminorvarietiesofthese.Itisuncannyhowtheycontinuetoberepeated,indeed,withakindofautomatism,evidencedbythefactthatnoneofthosewhorepeatthemappeartohavetakennoteoftheanswerstotheobjections.Indeed,theyonlyappeartorefertothosephilosopherswit
11、hwhomtheyagree:ithaslongbeeninsisteduponinthestudyofrhetoricthatoneoftheweakestthingstodoinanargumentistoignorethemainpointsmadebyone'sopponent:[itis]thewisestplantostateObjectionsintheirfullforce;atleast,wherevertheredoesexistasatisfactoryanswertothem;otherwise,thosewhohearthemstatedmorestronglyth
12、anbytheuncandidadvocatewhohadundertakentorepelthem,willnaturallyenoughconcludethattheyareunanswerable.ItisbutamomentaryandineffectivetriumphthatcanbeobtainedbymanœuvreslikethoseofTurnus'scharioteer,whofuriouslychasedthefeeblestragglersofthearmy,andevadedthemainfrontofthebattle(Whateley,1828,175)Som
13、ephilosophershavespecificallynotedhowproneanti-qualiapeoplearetoattackingimaginaryopponents:J.B.Maundcomplainsoftheirfailuretofleshouttheirargumentsbyreferencetothepositionsactuallybeingtaken(Maund,1993,45-
