mysterianism

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Noun

mysterianism (uncountable)

1. (philosophy) The view that the explanation of consciousness is not possible by humans
   • 2007 August 9, Neal Judisch, “Why ‘non-mental’ won’t work: on Hempel’s dilemma and the characterization of the ‘physical’”, in Philosophical Studies, volume 140, number 3, →DOI:

     The latter contention may be motivated in one of two ways: either by appeal to positively characterized and seemingly conflictive features of the mental and the physical (in which case we might always reject dualism in favor of a materialist mysterianism such as McGinn’s 1999 ), or simply by failing to characterize positively the relevant domain of non-mental entities with which mentality is in need of reconciliation.

Derived terms

• new mysterianism

Related terms

• mysterianist