Document Type

Article

Publication Date

11-3-2016

Department

Philosophy

Abstract

The Phenomenal Concept Strategy (PCS) offers the physicalist perhaps the most promising means of explaining why the connection between mental facts and physical facts appears to be contingent even though it is not. In this essay, we show that the large body of evidence suggesting that our concepts are often embodied and grounded in sensorimotor systems speaks against standard forms of the PCS. We argue, nevertheless, that it is possible to formulate a novel version of the PCS that is thoroughly in keeping with embodied cognition, focuses on features of physical concepts, and succeeds in explaining the appearance of contingency.

Comments

This is the penultimate draft of the article that was published in Mind & Language, volume 31, issue 5 in November 2016.

Embodied Conceivability: How to Keep the Phenomenal Concept Strategy Grounded - Dove - 2016 - Mind & Language - Wiley Online Library

Original Publication Information

Dove, Guy and A. Elpidorou. "Embodied Conceivability: How to Keep the Phenomenal Concept Strategy Grounded." 2016 Mind & Language, 31(5): 580–611.

DOI

10.1111/mila.12121

ORCID

0000-0003-0470-7006

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