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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