A PROBLEM ABOUT 2-DIMENSIONAL SEMANTICS: AN ANALYSIS OF CHALMERS' 2-DIMENSIONALISM AND 2-DIMENSIONAL ARGUMENT AGAINST MATERIALISM

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This thesis is intended to achieve two main goals. First, it evaluates the historical development and the philosophical outcomes of the different semantic theories. This evaluation will comprise selected works that represent different kinds of 0-dimensional, 1-dimensional, and 2-dimensional frameworks. 0-dimensional or classical semantics will be analyzed throughout the works of Gottlob Frege and Bertrand Russell. The advancement in the modal logic and problems that emanated from the classical picture caused the emergence of the possible world semantics, as known as 1-dimensional semantics. 1-dimensional semantics will be analyzed according to the contrasting theories formed by Saul Kripke and David Lewis. 2-dimensional semantics, on the other hand, enables philosophers to grasp the meaning from two different aspects, with respect to the concept of possible worlds. The semantic, metasemantic, logical, and philosophical approaches centered around the 2-dimensional semantics will be surveyed by referencing the works of philosophers David Kaplan, Robert Stalnaker, Gareth Evans, Martin Davies Lloyd Humberstone, and Frank Jackson. The second aim of this thesis is to depict the 2- dimensional framework of David Chalmers, considering the contextual and epistemic versions of it. As an outcome of the postulated framework, Chalmers can construct his “2-Dimensional Argument Against Materialism” that considers the possibility of the zombie-worlds. The thesis claims that this argument is unintuitive and philosophically unsatisfying to rule out the materialistic thesis. The argument will be investigated to find points open to criticism and postulate possible solutions against the unintuitive conclusions.

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Modal Metaphysics, 2-Dimensional Semantics, Naturalism, Dualism, Zombie Argument

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M. T. Cüyaz, “A PROBLEM ABOUT 2-DIMENSIONAL SEMANTICS: AN ANALYSIS OF CHALMERS’ 2-DIMENSIONALISM AND 2-DIMENSIONAL ARGUMENT AGAINST MATERIALISM,” M.A. - Master of Arts, Middle East Technical University, 2022.