Założenia teoretyczne w intuicjach problemu świadomości
Roczniki Filozoficzne June 29, 2026 Mikołaj Kotuła
The paper questions whether non-inferential intuitions about the problem of consciousness—those that supposedly arise before philosophical argument—actually exist. The author argues that judgments problematizing consciousness are heavily entangled with theoretical concepts and plagued by polysemy (ambiguity of words). Through analysis of terms like phenomenal consciousness, impossibility, and physicality, the paper shows a significant theoretical gap between everyday and philosophical concepts. Some everyday concepts have low semantic isolation, making them vulnerable to polysemy and misunderstanding by laypeople. Consequently, for a layperson to correctly understand and apply problem intuitions, they must be introduced to an appropriate theoretical context, which violates the condition of non-inferentiality.