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The Hard Problem and the Explanatory Gap

Why explaining every cognitive function can leave the question of experience untouched

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This rung already has its place in the Philosophy of Mind ladder and a fixed job in the order. The prose is what is missing. Writing it out of sequence would break the guarantee that nothing here uses a term before an earlier article defines it.

Will definehard problem of consciousnesseasy problemsexplanatory gapmysterianismcognitive closure
Assumesphenomenal consciousnessqualiafunctionalismknowledge argumentphilosophical zombie

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