Research Article
How Do You Know That I Do Not Know How It Feels to be a Bat?
Abstract
This paper has provided an objection to Nagel’s bat theory as the defense for physicalism. Thomas Nagel has used a bat theory to point out the contradiction feature between a scientific theory and phenomenal consciousness. In this work, I argued that what we know as phenomenal consciousness may just be our memory system, which can be explained by science.
Keywords: consciousness; philosophy; bat theory; physicalism; Thomas Nagel; criticism; mind and body; personal identity
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