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Frank Jackson: The Greatest Argument Against Materialism

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The Power of the Force

We really need to get away from this act object view, I think. Even though you can keep that way of talking on a representation, it's an unhelpful strategy. The world is continually forcing itself upon us. That's how conceptual systems are designed to force the world upon us. Once you start thinking in that way, then worries about hallucinations and non-vrodigal cases become much less troubling because the world is still forcing itself upon you. It's forcing upon you in a way that's not appropriate, but it's still doing it just as vividly and powerfully as it ever did. Maybe I should wind up and hand over to Philip here because he's got a lot

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