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In the philosophy of mind, the explanatory gap is the difficulty that physicalist philosophies have in explaining how physical properties give rise to the way things feel subjectively when they are experienced. It is a term introduced by philosopher Joseph Levine. In the 1983 paper in which he first used the term, he used as an example the sentence…
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The extracted context around Explanatory gap shows recurring relationship patterns in the source. For example, Explanatory gap → He, Joseph Levine, Others, Some, The, There, They, Those, Zombie Another extracted example is Explanatory gap → difficulty that physicalist philosophies have in explaining how physical properties give rise to the way things feel subjectively when they are experienced. Use these groups to spot repeated connection types before inspecting the individual relationships.
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TTTA extracted 11 structured relationships around Explanatory gap. Examples in this analysis include Explanatory gap → is a → difficulty that physicalist philosophies have in explaining how physical properties give rise to the way things feel subjectively when they are experienced and Explanatory gap → related to history → Leibniz's. The table shows each extracted connection, where it came from and its confidence.
| Subject | Predicate | Object | Confidence | Src |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Explanatory gap | is a | difficulty that physicalist philosophies have in explaining how physical properties give rise to the way things feel subjectively when they are experienced | 0.90 | text |
| Explanatory gap | related to history | Leibniz's | 0.60 | section |
| Explanatory gap | related to Implications | The | 0.60 | section |
| Explanatory gap | related to Implications | Some | 0.60 | section |
| Explanatory gap | related to Implications | They | 0.60 | section |
| Explanatory gap | related to Implications | Others | 0.60 | section |
| Explanatory gap | related to Implications | There | 0.60 | section |
| Explanatory gap | related to Implications | Those | 0.60 | section |
| Explanatory gap | related to Implications | Joseph Levine | 0.60 | section |
| Explanatory gap | related to Implications | He | 0.60 | section |
| Explanatory gap | related to Implications | Zombie | 0.60 | section |
The concept neighborhoods around Explanatory gap bring nearby vocabulary together. In this analysis, examples include Gap, Might and Metaphysical. Use the clusters to find adjacent concepts and terminology that may deserve separate research.
For Explanatory gap, one of the stronger structural bridges in this analysis connects Explanatory gap with Overview. Bridges highlight paths between different parts of the map and can reveal research angles that are easy to miss in a flat list.
TTTA analyzes the structure around Explanatory gap to surface related topics, entities, relationships, concept neighborhoods and bridge connections. Use the map to explore areas such as Overview & Implications, including less central topics that may reveal useful research gaps. Automatically extracted connections are research leads rather than rewritten encyclopedia content.
Source: Wikipedia — Explanatory gap · EN edition · Analysis: TopicsToTalkAbout