Essays about: "supervenience"
Found 2 essays containing the word supervenience.
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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. On Kim's critique of non-reductive physicalism
University essay from Umeå universitet/Institutionen för idé- och samhällsstudierAbstract : Kim criticizes non-reductive physicalism as a suitable metaphysics of mind among things because of its failure on the issue of mental causation. The failure is especially present in the thesis of supervenience physicalism. READ MORE