?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=How+qualia+can+be+physical&rft.creator=Nicholson%2C+Mr+Dennis&rft.subject=Philosophy+of+Mind&rft.description=Assume+that+a+quale+as+we+experience+it+is+a+perspective+on+an+underlying+physical+state%2C+rather+than+the+physical+state+as+such+%E2%80%93+the+reality+as+known+as+distinct+from+the+reality+as+such.+Assume%2C+further%2C+that+this+inner+perspective+is+integral+to%2C+and+materially+co-extensive+with%2C+the+physical+state+itself.+Assume%2C+finally%2C+that+the+physical+state+in+question+is+known+as+a+brain+state+of+a+particular+kind+by+an+external+observer+of+the+brain+in+which+it+occurs.+The+result+is+a+perspective+in+which+a+quale+is+entirely+physical%3B+a+position+that+resolves+several+known+difficulties+for+physicalism%2C+including+those+associated+with+the+explanatory+gap%2C+Jackson%E2%80%99s+knowledge+argument%2C+and+Chalmers%E2%80%99+hard+problem+of+consciousness.&rft.date=2006-03&rft.type=Preprint&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=text%2Fhtml&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F4786%2F1%2FHQCBPcoghtml.htm&rft.identifier=++Nicholson%2C+Mr+Dennis++(2006)+How+qualia+can+be+physical.++%5BPreprint%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F4786%2F