Autore
Pecere, Paolo

Titolo
La coscienza fenomenica tra neuroscienze e metafisica. L'"Ignorabimus" di du Bois-Reymond e il futuro della "Science of Consciousness"
Periodico
Rivista di filosofia
Anno: 2018 - Fascicolo: 2 - Pagina iniziale: 215 - Pagina finale: 244

In this paper I offer an interpretation of du Bois-Reymond's thesis on the impossibility of a scientific explanation of consciousness and of its present importance. I argue first that late 19th C. Germany is the neglected context of the emergence of what David Chalmers has called the «hard problem of consciousness», and I show that many contemporary thought experiments and arguments find their first formulation in that very context. Then I examine du Bois-Reymond's position, which turns out to be grounded on an epistemological argument and to be characterized by a metaphysical skepticism, motivated by the speculative attitude of German philosophy and natural science. In the final sections I show how the revival of metaphysics in contemporary research on consciousness can benefit from a reconsideration of this position and from the context where it came out.



SICI: 0035-6239(2018)2<215:LCFTNE>2.0.ZU;2-E
Testo completo: https://www.rivisteweb.it/download/article/10.1413/90512
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