naa a22 4500 510789501 CHVBK 20180411083314.0 cr unu---uuuuu 180411e20131201xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s11406-013-9455-0 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s11406-013-9455-0 Elpidorou Andreas Department of Philosophy, Boston University, Boston, MA, USA aut Having it Both Ways: Consciousness, Unique Not Otherworldly [Elektronische Daten] [Andreas Elpidorou] I respond to Chalmers' (2006, 2010) objection to the Phenomenal Concept Strategy (PCS) by showing that his objection is faced with a dilemma that ultimately undercuts its force. Chalmers argues that no version of PCS can posit psychological features that are both physically explicable and capable of explaining our epistemic situation. In response, I show that what Chalmers calls ‘our epistemic situation' admits either of a phenomenal or of a topic-neutral characterization, neither of which supports Chalmers' objection. On the one hand, if our epistemic situation is characterized phenomenally, then Chalmers' demand that PCS should explain our epistemic situation is misplaced. PCS can explain our epistemic situation only if there is a reductive explanation of consciousness. But according to PCS, no reductive explanation of consciousness can be given. On the other hand, if our epistemic situation is characterized topic-neutrally, then PCS is not only physically explicable, but it also explains our epistemic situation. Either way, PCS is safe. Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht, 2013 Physicalism nationallicence Phenomenal concept strategy nationallicence Reduction nationallicence Chalmers nationallicence Dualism nationallicence Consciousness nationallicence A priori nationallicence Conceptual isolation nationallicence Philosophia Springer Netherlands 41/4(2013-12-01), 1181-1203 0048-3893 41:4<1181 2013 41 11406 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11406-013-9455-0 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11406-013-9455-0 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 100 1- Elpidorou Andreas Department of Philosophy, Boston University, Boston, MA, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Philosophia Springer Netherlands 41/4(2013-12-01), 1181-1203 0048-3893 41:4<1181 2013 41 11406 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer