Physicalism and Mental Causation: The Metaphysics of Mind and ActionSven Walter, Heinz-Dieter Heckmann This book presents a range of essays on the conceptual foundations of physicalism, mental causation and human agency. |
Contents
Introduction | 3 |
Multiply Realized Properties | 11 |
Evaluating | 59 |
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agent Anomalous Monism argue argument assumption basic physical properties behaviour beliefs and desires bodily brain causal chains causal closure causal overdetermination causal powers causal relevance causally efficacious claim conception counterfactual dependence Davidson decision to clench disjunctive distinct Dretske dualist Emergentism epiphenomenalism erties example explanandum explanatory functional fundamental identical instance instantiated intentional action intentional attitudes intentionally isms Jaegwon Kim Journal of Philosophy K-ing Kim's kind laws governing mental causation mental events mental properties metaphysical necessitation microphysical mind-body multiple realizability neural neutral monism nomological non-physical non-reductive physicalism nonmotivating reasons notion objection ontologically Oxford P₁ phenomenology Philosophical philosophy of mind physical effects physical events physicalists physically realized plausible possible predicates principle problem prop psychological qualia question R₁ rational rationalising reasons realizers of pain reduction reductionism Reprinted role sense sical strongly emergent sufficient cause sufficient physical cause supervenience suppose tion transeunt typical unprojectible waywardness