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Nagel on Conceivability
No full textIn the sixth chapter of The View from Nowhere, Thomas Nagel aims to identify a form of idealism, to isolate the argument for it and to counter this argument. The position that Nagel takes to be idealist is that what there is must be possibly conceivable by us. In this paper, I show that Nagel has not made a convincing case against this position. I then present an alternative case. In light of this alternative case, we have reason to reject an important example that Nagel offers of a contemporary idealist, namely Donald Davidson
Fisicalismo e o Mistério da Consciência Fenomenal
No full textPhenomenal properties are commonly considered as a special kind of entities because of their peculiar features, such as privacy, perspectivity and necessary ownership to the individual. Such sui generis properties are not easily accommodated in a physicalist framework, since physical objects and properties do not have such features, and it is difficult to conceive any physical entity in terms of these sui generis properties. In this regard, this paper aims to: (1) deal with the difficulty to conciliate phenomenal properties and physicalism; (2) consider the solutions proposed by Michael Tye to this problem; and (3) revisit the knowledge argument in the light of Tye’s PANIC theory. I conclude this paper by comparing Tye’s proposal with the distintion between reflexive and referential content, proposed by John Perry
Universalismo e Particularismo nas Discussões Modernas
No full textIn this paper I will discuss the role of national identity in the light of modern political and moral theories. My strategy here is threefold: firstly, I will present an overview of pre-modern theories of rights and duties of individuals, and then show how they fail to make sense of the notions of freedom and equality (of rights); secondly, I will introduce modern political and moral theories (more specifically, social contract theories) as an outstanding alternative to those ones, given the paradigm of values established by modern society; thirdly, I will argue against the supposed universality or objectivity of modern political and moral theories, taking into account the role of national identity
