?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Non-eliminative+Reductionism%3A+Reconciling+Qualia+and+Physicalism&rft.creator=Nicholson%2C+Dennis&rft.subject=Philosophy+of+Mind&rft.description=A+physicalist+view+of+qualia+labelled+non-eliminative+reductionism+is+outlined.+If+it+is+true%2C+qualia+and+physicalism+can+co-exist+without+difficulty.+First%2C+qualia+present+no+particular+problem+for+reductionist+physicalism+-+they+are+entirely+physical%2C+can+be+studied+and+explained+using+the+standard+scientific+approach%2C+and+present+no+problem+any+harder+than+any+other+scientists+face.+Second%2C+reductionist+physicalism+presents+no+particular+problem+for+qualia+%E2%80%93+they+can+be+encompassed+within+an+entirely+physicalist+position+without+any+necessity%2C+either+to+reduce+them+to+non-existence%2C+or+to+treat+them+as+new+fundamental+properties.+It+is+suggested+that+the+position+also+has+sufficient+explanatory+power+to+successfully+deal+with+the+'why+like+anything+%E2%80%93+why+does+experience+exist+at+all'+question+and+to+counter+both+Chalmers'+Conceivability+Argument+and+Jackson's+Knowledge+Argument.&rft.date=2010-12-31&rft.type=Preprint&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F7172%2F1%2FNonEliminativeReductionismNicholson.pdf&rft.identifier=++Nicholson%2C+Dennis++(2010)+Non-eliminative+Reductionism%3A+Reconciling+Qualia+and+Physicalism.++%5BPreprint%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F7172%2F