Essence, Revelation, and Physicalism

Revelation is (roughly) the thesis that the natures of phenomenal properties are revealed through experience. In this paper, I respond to Antonin Broi's charge that if both Revelation and the quality space view of phenomenal properties are true, then counterintuitive results that speak against the truth of Revelation obtain. I present a qualified theory of Revelation that not only prevents his arguments from succeeding but has independent plausibility as a solution to worries about the alleged epiphenomenalism of phenomenal properties.

Name thesis:degree_name

Master of Arts

Level thesis:degree_level

masters

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Philosophy

Department dc:contributor.department

Philosophy

Grantor dc:publisher

Virginia Tech

Year dc:date.issued

2021

Author dc:creator

• Smith, Justyn Glynn

Chair dc:contributor.committeechair

• Trogdon, Kelly Griffith

Committee members dc:contributor.committeemember

• Hoek, Daniel
• Patton, Lydia K.

• Revelation
• physicalism
• Broi
• quality space
• essence

Statement dc:rights

• In Copyright

Licence dc:rights.uri

• http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/

Dc Identifier Other

vt_gsexam:30217

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:vtechworks.lib.vt.edu:10919/103599