Kognitywne zamknięcie a problem umysł-ciało w filozofii Colina McGinna

Abstrakt

Cognitive Closure and Body-Mind Problem in McGinn’s Philosophy

In this paper I present statements of the British philosopher Colin McGinn, about the mind-body problem. I depict the concept of “cognitive closure” and related with it „new mysterianism” according to which consciousness may be a mystery in the epistemological field but not in the ontological. Consciousness exists and has its own explanation, but its character is hidden by the limitation of our cognitive powers. I discuss his hypothesis of transcendental naturalism according to which both our limitation as well as solution of body-mind problem are entirely natural feature of reality. I also touch upon a question of DIME shape.