Howard Robinson (CEU) Is there such a thing as cognitive phenomenology?

Type: 
Lecture
Audience: 
Open to the Public
Building: 
Zrinyi u. 14
Room: 
412
Tuesday, February 25, 2014 - 5:30pm
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Date: 
Tuesday, February 25, 2014 - 5:30pm to 7:00pm
Abstract:
Everyone - or almost everyone - agrees that there is 'something it is like' to have sensations or perceptual experiences. These are the famous 'quaia'. But is there 'anything it is like' to think, understand, and, generally, to entertain propositional attitudes. The empiricist tradition is sceptical of this - including modern empiricists, such as Jesse Prinz. Others, like Galen Strawson and David Pitt, think there is 'cognitive phenomenology'. I agree with them, but it is not so clear how to characterize it.