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Explain What Nagel Means When He Says, "It Is Useless

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Explain what Nagel means when he says, "It is useless to base the defense of materialism on any analysis of mental phenomena that fails to deal explicitly with their subjective character. For there is no reason to suppose that a reduction which seems plausible when no attempt is made to account for consciousness can be extended to include consciousness."


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