UMA CIÊNCIA DA MENTE: ELEMENTOS MENTAIS COMO PARTE DE UMA ARQUITETURA CIENTÍFICA

In this article, I want to explore the possibility of seeing private fenomenal experiences along the line with Russell’s thought: as having objectivity, which would allow seeing them as objects of scientific research. Or, in other words, to ask if it would be possible to speak scientifically about mental events usually called impressions. Although some philosophers still consider this problem to be inscrutable —the so-called explanatory gap that leads to all the complex and extense debate about qualia, my hypothesis is, as Sellars indicated, that it is highly probable that only errors or limitations in our use of vocabular impede us in finding a solution according to Russell’s intention.