?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Consciousness+makes+a+difference%3A+A+reluctant+dualist%E2%80%99s+confession&rft.creator=Elitzur%2C+A+C+&rft.subject=Philosophy+of+Mind&rft.description=This+paper%E2%80%99s+outline+is+as+follows.+In+sections+1-3+I+give+an+exposi-tion+of+the+Mind-Body+Problem%2C+with+emphasis+on+what+I+believe+to+be+the+heart+of+the+problem%2C+namely%2C+the+Percepts-Qualia+Nonidentity+and+its+incompatibility+with+the+Physical+Closure+Paradigm.+In+4+I+present+the+%E2%80%9CQualia+Inaction+Postulate%E2%80%9D+underlying+all+non-interactionist+theo-ries+that+seek+to+resolve+the+above+problem.+Against+this+convenient+postulate+I+propose+in+section+5+the+%E2%80%9CBafflement+Ar%C2%ACgument%2C%E2%80%9D+which+is+this+paper's+main+thesis.+Sections+6-11+critically+dis%C2%ACcuss+attempts+to+dismiss+the+Bafflement+Argument+by+the+%E2%80%9CBaf%C2%ACflement%3DMis%C2%ACperception+Equation.%E2%80%9D+Section+12+offers+a+refutation+of+all+such+attempts+in+the+form+of+a+concise+%E2%80%9CAsymmetry+Proof.%E2%80%9D+Section+13+points+out+the+bearing+of+the+Bafflement+Argument+on+the+evolutionary+role+of+consciousness+while+section+14+acknowledges+the+price+that+has+to+be+paid+for+it+in+terms+of+basic+physical+principles.+Section+15+summarizes+the+paper%2C+pointing+out+the+inescapability+of+interactionist+dualism.+&rft.contributor=Batthyany%2C+A+&rft.contributor=Elitzur%2C+A+C+&rft.date=2009&rft.type=Book+Chapter&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F6613%2F1%2FDualism0409.pdf&rft.identifier=++Elitzur%2C+A+C+++(2009)+Consciousness+makes+a+difference%3A+A+reluctant+dualist%E2%80%99s+confession.++%5BBook+Chapter%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F6613%2F