Materialism and qualia the explanatory gap

Philosophy Pape.r

Using only the book “philosophy of mind, contemporary and classical readings” by David Chalmers AND Paul Churchland’s “Eliminative Materialism and the Propositional Attitudes” both of which can be found at these two websites

http://course.sdu.edu.cn/G2S/eWebEditor/uploadfile/20140227112306002.pdf

https://www.jstor.org/stable/2025900?seq=1

For the first question “philosophy of mind, contemporary and classical readings” by David Chalmers, use ONLY THESE SECTIONS OF THE BOOK TO ANSWER QUESTION 1:

Joseph Levine ‘Materialism and Qualia: The Explanatory Gap’ (C pp. 354-361)

David Chalmers ‘Consciousness and its Place in Nature’ (C pp. 247-272)

For the second question, use Paul Churchland’s “Eliminative Materialism and the Propositional Attitudes” use the whole 24 pages TO ANSWER QUESTION 2.

For EACH of the following questions, write a four-five page essay answering it (i.e. write 2 four-five page essays):

Explain what Joseph Levine means by the explanatory gap and the problem he claims it poses for the two forms of materialism he considers (the identity theory and functionalism). David Chalmers considers two forms of materialism that address the explanatory gap: Type A materialism and Type B materialism. Briefly describe them and say which you prefer and why.
Explain Paul Churchland’s theory of eliminative materialism. Explain why the eliminative materialist rejects dualism, the identity theory, and functionalism. Is Churchland right? Why or why not?
Format: 12 point font, double spaced, MLA format NOT APA. No title page. INCLUDE QUOTES FROM THE BOOK AND CITE PROPERLY.

DUE: Wednesday, December 16th, 2020 at 12:00 pm Eastern Standard Time (NO LATER OR IT WILL BE MARKED AS AN F)