Department of Philosophy2024-11-0920170353-515010.1007/s12136-016-0295-y2-s2.0-84963647489http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12136-016-0295-yhttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14288/15317In this paper, I respond to Kriegel's criticism of McGinn's mysterianism (the thesis that humans are cognitively closed with respect to the solution of the mind-body problem). Kriegel objects to a particular argument for the possibility of human cognitive closure and also gives a direct argument against mysterianism. I intend to show that neither the objection nor the argument is convincing.PhilosophyJournal Article1874-6349397116600008N/A1987