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Consciousness and the Philosophy of Signs - How Peircean Semiotics Combines Phenomenal Qualia and Practical Effects (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2018)
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Consciousness and the Philosophy of Signs - How Peircean Semiotics Combines Phenomenal Qualia and Practical Effects (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2018)
Series: Studies in the History of Philosophy of Mind, 19
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It is often thought that consciousness has a qualitative dimension
that cannot be tracked by science. Recently, however, some
philosophers have argued that this worry stems not from an elusive
feature of the mind, but from the special nature of the concepts
used to describe conscious states. Marc Champagne draws on the
neglected branch of philosophy of signs or semiotics to develop a
new take on this strategy. The term "semiotics" was introduced by
John Locke in the modern period - its etymology is ancient Greek,
and its theoretical underpinnings are medieval. Charles Sanders
Peirce made major advances in semiotics, so he can act as a
pipeline for these forgotten ideas. Most philosophers know Peirce
as the founder of American pragmatism, but few know that he also
coined the term "qualia," which is meant to capture the intrinsic
feel of an experience. Since pragmatic verification and qualia are
now seen as conflicting commitments, Champagne endeavors to
understand how Peirce could (or thought he could) have it both
ways. The key, he suggests, is to understand how humans can insert
distinctions between features that are always bound. Recent
attempts to take qualities seriously have resulted in versions of
panpsychism, but Champagne outlines a more plausible way to achieve
this. So, while semiotics has until now been the least known branch
of philosophy ending in -ics, his book shows how a better
understanding of that branch can move one of the liveliest debates
in philosophy forward.
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