Reading Path
Objections & Responses
What about Parfit? What about Chalmers? What if the theory is wrong?
The strongest objections to the theory, with the book's answer to each.
- 01
2=2 argument
On whether identical things are really identical.
- 02
Adjective argument
On whether consciousness is more like an adjective or a noun.
- 03
Test for originalness argument
On whether "original" even means anything.
- 04
Hard problem of consciousness
On whether the hard problem disqualifies the theory.
Done with this path?
The book takes the same arc but with the full apparatus of evidence, examples, and counter-arguments.