Joe
@josephfgough.bsky.social
Writing a book arguing against the concept of mind; also researching mental health law. Based at Oxford. He/him. Joefgough.com
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Next, Joseph Gough addresses the relationship between phenomenal #consciousness and moral status in this open access article: doi.org/10.1080/0951... #philsky #philpsy
Phenomenal consciousness and moral status: taking the moral option
Intuitively, there is a close link between moral status and phenomenal consciousness. Taking the link seriously can serve as the basis of a proposal that appears to have a surprising number of theo...
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August 18, 2025 at 11:08 AM
Next, Joseph Gough addresses the relationship between phenomenal #consciousness and moral status in this open access article: doi.org/10.1080/0951... #philsky #philpsy
Thanks! I'm not quite sure how much I'd expect fictionalists to agree with my position. I definitely don't think that the mind is a *useful* fiction, which is one of Toon's claims, and I'm sceptical about any one-size-fits-all approach to 'mental' states and representations - I have a draft on this!
October 9, 2024 at 4:18 PM
Thanks! I'm not quite sure how much I'd expect fictionalists to agree with my position. I definitely don't think that the mind is a *useful* fiction, which is one of Toon's claims, and I'm sceptical about any one-size-fits-all approach to 'mental' states and representations - I have a draft on this!