Physicalism and the Mind

This book addresses a tightly knit cluster of questions in the philosophy of mind. There is the question: Are mental properties identical with physical properties? An affirmative answer would seem to secure the truth of physicalism regarding the mind, i.e., the belief that all mental phenomena obtai...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Francescotti, Robert (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
Series:SpringerBriefs in Philosophy,
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Table of Contents:
  • Chapter 1. Multiple Realizability
  • Chapter 2. Supervenience and Physicalism
  • Chapter 3. Realization and Constitution
  • Chapter 4. Defining Physicalism.