The Value of Consciousness.

The article offers information on the value of consciousness. Topics include focus on different kinds of values such as epistemic, ethical and aesthetic; argues on phenomenal consciousness as not intrinsically ethically valuable hence algedonic phenomenology has intrinsic ethical value; and explores...

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Publicado en:Analysis Vol. 79; no. 3; pp. 503 - 521
Autor principal: Kriegel, Uriah
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: Oxford University Press / USA Jul2019
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Sumario:The article offers information on the value of consciousness. Topics include focus on different kinds of values such as epistemic, ethical and aesthetic; argues on phenomenal consciousness as not intrinsically ethically valuable hence algedonic phenomenology has intrinsic ethical value; and explores the epistemic value of consciousness in a wider ways.