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. 2024 Nov 20:15:1449314.
doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2024.1449314. eCollection 2024.

Illusionism, Moore, and Chalmers

Evgeny V Loginov  1
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Illusionism, Moore, and Chalmers

Evgeny V Loginov. Front Psychol. .

Abstract

In 1939, G. E. Moore presented his famous proof of an external world. In 2018, David Chalmers published his Moorean argument against illusionism. In 2022, Chalmers argued that Moore's original argument was wrong. In this paper, I will try to defend the original Moore's argument against Chalmers-style criticism, and show that Chalmers's Moorean argument against illusionism cannot refute illusionism.

Keywords: Chalmers; Moore; consciousness; illusionism; proof of an external world; the Moorean argument.

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The author declares that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest.

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