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Nagel — Does the bat’s point of view survive physical explanation?

After every observable fact is collected, does the fact of what it is like for that creature remain?

Thomas NagelWhat Is It Like to Be a Bat?

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Nagel characterizes a conscious organism as one for which there is something it is like to be that organism.

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  • What Is It Like to Be a Bat?

    Thomas Nagel · 1974

    Locator: pp. 436–438

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The bat case asks how objective physical explanation could include the subjective character of experience; it does not deny that bats have experiences.

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  • Animal Consciousness

    Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy

    Locator: §2.2 Phenomenal Consciousness; discussion of Nagel 1974

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