Philosopher
Keith Frankish
Overview
Keith Frankish (born 7 November 1962) is a British philosopher specializing in philosophy of mind, philosophy of psychology, and philosophy of cognitive science. He is an Honorary Reader at the University of Sheffield, UK, visiting research fellow with The Open University, and adjunct professor with the Brain and Mind Programme at the University of Crete. He is known for his "illusionist" stance in the theory of consciousness. He holds that the conscious mind is a virtual system, a trick of the biological mind. In other words, phenomenality is an introspective illusion. This position is in opposition to dualism, type physicalism, and panpsychism.
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Philosophers who discussed Keith Frankish
Ideas Keith Frankish discusses
- Christof Koch
- Open University
- Mind–body dualism
- Qualia
- David Chalmers
- Eliminative materialism
- Type physicalism
- Patricia Churchland
- Paul Boghossian
- Jay L. Garfield
- Paul Churchland
- Consciousness
- Panpsychism
- Galen Strawson
- Hard problem of consciousness
- Journal of Consciousness Studies
- Andy Clark
- Philosophy of mind
- Philosophical zombie
- Daniel Dennett
- Self-refuting idea
- Peter Carruthers (philosopher)
- Michael Graziano
- Philip Goff (philosopher)
Place in the tradition
Part of Eliminative materialism.