TY - GEN ID - cogprints4020 UR - http://cogprints.org/4020/ A1 - Nicholson, Mr D.M. TI - From a Flaw in the Knowledge Argument to a Physicalist Account of Qualia Y1 - 2005/01// N2 - The Knowledge argument based on the grey Mary thought experiment cannot be claimed as a basis for rejecting physicalism. First, because it is flawed, being so formulated as to predetermine the outcome of the thought experiment in favour of a refutation of physicalism. Second, because, once this is recognised, it becomes clear that there is one - and only one - account of the qualia-physical relationship that will permit physicalism to survive the thought experiment itself. It is suggested that the position in question is worthy of further consideration as a reasonable candidate theory for a physicalist account of qualia. AV - public KW - Knowledge argument KW - physicalism KW - qualia KW - mind-body problem KW - Identity theory KW - hard problem of consciousness KW - Kripke KW - Leibniz?s law ER -