?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=The+partial+brain+thought+experiment%3A+partial+consciousness+and+its+implications&rft.creator=Mallah%2C+Dr.+Jacques&rft.subject=Philosophy+of+Mind&rft.description=The+%E2%80%98Fading+Qualia%E2%80%99+thought+experiment+of+Chalmers+purports+to+show+that+computationalism+is+very+probably+true+even+if+dualism+is+true+by+considering+a+series+of+brains%2C+with+biological+parts+increasingly+substituted+for+by+artificial+but+functionally+analagous+parts+in+small+steps%2C+and+arguing+that+consciousness+would+not+plausibly+vanish+in+either+a+gradual+or+sudden+way.++This+defense+of+computationalism+inspired+an+attack+on+computationalism+by+Bishop%2C+who+argued+that+a+similar+series+of+substitutions+by+parts+that+have+the+correct+physical+activity+but+not+the+correct+causal+relationships+must+likewise+preserve+consciousness%2C+purportedly+showing+that+%E2%80%98Counterfactuals+Cannot+Count%E2%80%99+and+if+so+ruining+a+necessary+condition+for+computation+to+meaningfully+distinguish+between+physical+systems.++In+this+paper%2C+the+case+in+which+a+series+of+parts+are+simply+removed+and+substituted+for+only+by+imposing+the+correct+boundary+conditions+to+exactly+preserve+the+functioning+of+the+remaining+partial+brain+is+described.++It+is+argued+that+consciousness+must+gradually+vanish+in+this+case%2C+not+by+fading+but+by+becoming+more+and+more+partial.++This+supports+the+non-centralized+nature+of+consciousness%2C+tends+to+support+the+plausibility+of+physicalism+against+dualism%2C+and+provides+the+proper+counterargument+to+Bishop%E2%80%99s+contention.++It+also+provides+an+avenue+of+attack+against+the+%E2%80%9CFading+Qualia%E2%80%9D+argument+for+those+who+remain+dualists.&rft.date=2009-01-14&rft.type=Other&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F6321%2F1%2FPBA-09.pdf&rft.identifier=++Mallah%2C+Dr.+Jacques++(2009)+The+partial+brain+thought+experiment%3A+partial+consciousness+and+its+implications.+++++(Unpublished)++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F6321%2F