Perhaps, mental events exist and have effects, but science cannot study effects {naturalism, mind theory}. Naturalistic terms can explain consciousness, but concepts like consciousness, qualia, and subjectivity are unhelpful {eliminativist naturalism}. Naturalistic terms can explain consciousness, and concepts like consciousness, qualia, and subjectivity are helpful {constructive naturalism}. Naturalistic terms can explain consciousness, but people can never find explanation {anticonstructive naturalism} [Dretske, 1988] [Dretske, 1995].
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