Essays about: "overdetermination"
Found 2 essays containing the word overdetermination.
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1. Why the Exclusion Problem Still Seems Intractable for the Counterfactual Compatibilist
University essay from Lunds universitet/Teoretisk filosofiAbstract : 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
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2. Is Searle a Property Dualist?
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Filosofiska institutionenAbstract : 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