I Me Mine: on a Confusion Concerning the Subjective Character of Experience.
Review of philosophy and psychology January 1, 2017 Marie Guillot 115 citations
A distinction is sometimes drawn between the qualitative character of an experience (how it feels, e.g., blueish) and its subjective character (that there is anything it feels like). This paper argues that discussions of subjective character conflate three different notions: for-me-ness, me-ness, and mineness. These notions are not equivalent; there is no conceptual implication from for-me-ness to me-ness or mineness. Empirical evidence from clinical cases suggests they may correspond to different properties, though the conceptual point stands independently. The paper examines four existing arguments from subjective character that rely on an undifferentiated use of these notions and finds them flawed for this reason.