Solely Generic Phenomenology

A Reply to Sascha Benjamin Fink

Author

Ned Block

ned.block @ nyu.edu

New York University

New York, New York, U.S.A.

Commentator

Sascha Benjamin Fink

sfink @ ovgu.de

Otto von Guericke Universität

Magdeburg, Germany

Universität Osnabrück

Osnabrück, Germany

Editors

Thomas Metzinger

metzinger @ uni-mainz.de

Johannes Gutenberg-Universität

Mainz, Germany

Jennifer M. Windt

jennifer.windt @ monash.edu

Monash University

Melbourne, Australia

If representationism is true, phenomenal precision is given by representational precision. But what if representationism is false as I claim? Can we make sense of phenomenal precision? Fink argues that there is a danger of trivialization of phenomenal precision and that the one way out may be incompatible with my view that consciousness overflows cognition. I try to say more about how to clarify phenomenal precision and its relation to my views on overflow.

Keywords

Generic | Phenomenal precision | Phenomenology | Solely generic phenomenology | Specific