Защо е толкова важно да знаем, че не можем да знаем какво е да си прилеп?
Why Is It So Important to Know That We Cannot Know What It Is Like to Be a Bat?

Summary/Abstract: The commentary on the translation of T. Nagel's famous article "What is it like to be a bat" describes the place of the arguments developed by the author within the debate between physicalism and dualism in regards to the mind. These arguments are quoted to this day because they point to the deepest problems in the knowledge of mind. The example of the supposed subjective experience of the bat shows the irreducibility of the first person point of view to that of the objectively minded science. The commentary reconstructs Nagel's main argument, which does not deny physicalism, but tries to show that we (nearly half a century after the publication of the article) still do not know exactly how to apply physicalism to the problem of the mind’s nature.

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