Class Papers by Shane Wagoner
An interpretation of Martin Heidegger's "On The Essence Of Truth". Submitted to Matt Evans - Fall... more An interpretation of Martin Heidegger's "On The Essence Of Truth". Submitted to Matt Evans - Fall, 2019. The paper recieved an A.
This essay examines suggestions concerning the proper formulation of the argument from transparen... more This essay examines suggestions concerning the proper formulation of the argument from transparency as well as criticisms. In contrast to the phenomenological considerations traditionally used by proponents of transparency, the formulation advocated here motivates a general transparency thesis on primarily theoretical grounds. I begin by distinguishing three possible views on the relationship between representational content and proposed non-intentional “qualia”: No Paint, Some Paint, and All Paint. An objection is then presented for Some Paint, claiming that the view must ultimately collapse into a form of No Paint or All Paint. On the basis of difficulties facing All Paint, I conclude that No Paint emerges as the most plausible option of the three.
An Act-Utilitarian interpretation of John Stuart Mill's essay on Utilitarianism. Submitted to Jon... more An Act-Utilitarian interpretation of John Stuart Mill's essay on Utilitarianism. Submitted to Jonathan Dancy - Spring, 2017. The paper received an A.
Conference Presentations by Shane Wagoner
Presented on April 9th at the 2017 UT Religious Studies Graduate Conference (Embodiment, Corporea... more Presented on April 9th at the 2017 UT Religious Studies Graduate Conference (Embodiment, Corporeality, And The Senses In Religion).
Undergraduate Org. Discussion Handouts by Shane Wagoner
Plausibly originating (at least in their present form) with Robert Kirk’s 1974 paper, “Zombies vs... more Plausibly originating (at least in their present form) with Robert Kirk’s 1974 paper, “Zombies vs Materialists”, philosophical zombies are imaginary creatures, behaviorally/physically identical to any average human being which, despite appearances, utterly lack any form of conscious awareness. Although the idea is amusing in its own right, recent decades have seen philosophical zombies take center stage in the philosophy of mind due to a family of arguments (popularized by the Australian philosopher, David Chalmers) seeking to move from the conceivability of such creatures to the conclusion that conscious experience cannot be physical in nature. We will begin by assessing an extremely basic form of the argument in order to get a grip on why the conceivability of zombies matters to the metaphysics of mind. We will then survey various materialist responses to the argument, alongside their anti-materialist replies, in the hopes of discovering which arguments seem most promising on each side of the debate.
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Originally posted at: https://philosophyoutside.wordpress.com/2018/11/07/the-cost-of-free-thoughts-on-the-dennett-caruso-exchange/
Originally posted at: https://philosophyoutside.wordpress.com/2018/11/07/the-cost-of-free-thoughts-on-the-dennett-caruso-exchange/