Essays about: "epiphenomenalism"

Found 4 essays containing the word epiphenomenalism.

  1. 1. Why the Exclusion Problem Still Seems Intractable for the Counterfactual Compatibilist

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Teoretisk filosofi

    Author : Melina Tsapos; [2020]
    Keywords : Philosophy of mind; metaphysics; dualism; property dualism; compatibilism; counterfactual compatibilist; materialsim; physicalism; the exclusion problem; materialism; consciousness; supervenience; reductionism.; Philosophy and Religion;

    Abstract : The exclusion problem has been a longstanding problem for the property dualist. The Compatibilist solution is to deny overdetermination, and thus they say we may preserve both mental and physical efficacy. However, in my paper I wish to show why the Compatibilist solution has not secured a materialist position. READ MORE

  3. 2. Is Searle a Property Dualist?

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Filosofiska institutionen

    Author : Felix Schröder; [2019]
    Keywords : John Searle; biological naturalism; reduction; consciousness; property dualism; mental causation; causality; physicalism; philosophy of mind; epiphenomenalism; overdetermination;

    Abstract : It has often been argued that John Searle’s theory of mind, biological naturalism, due to its commitment to mental irreducibility amounts to no more than disguised property dualism. I suggest that a thorough analysis of Searle’s somewhat unusual views on the nature of reduction reveals this irreducibility to be not a metaphysical relation between mental properties and physical but one concerned only with the semantics of the respective terms used to refer to these. READ MORE

  4. 3. Nietzsche, epiphenomenalism and causal relationships between self-affirmation and the internal constitution of the drives

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Filosofiska institutionen

    Author : Ludwig Törnros; [2018]
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  5. 4. An Evolutionary Argument against Physicalism : or some advice to Jaegwon Kim and Alvin Plantinga

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Teologiska institutionen

    Author : Christoffer Skogholt; [2014]
    Keywords : philosophy of mind; reductionism; mental causation; Jaegwon Kim; Alvin Plantinga; The myth of nonreductive materialism the evolutionary argument against naturalism ;

    Abstract : According to the dominant tradition in Christianity and many other religions, human beings are both knowers and actors: beings with conscious beliefs about the world who sometimes act intentionally guided by these beliefs. According to philosopher of mind Robert Cummins the “received view” among philosophers of mind is epiphenomenalism, according to which mental causation does not exist: neural events are the underlying causes of both behavior and belief which explains the correlation (not causation) between belief and behavior. READ MORE