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Physicalism deconstructed : levels of reality and the mind-body problem / Kevin Morris, Tulane University, Louisiana.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY, USA : University Printing House, 2019Copyright date: �2019Description: 1 online resource (x, 265 pages) : illustrationsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781108629126
  • 1108629121
  • 9781108472166
  • 1108472168
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Physicalism deconstructed.DDC classification:
  • 146/.3 23
LOC classification:
  • B825
Online resources:
Contents:
Supervenience and non-reductive physicalism -- Non-reductive physicalism and the exclusion problem -- Functional realization -- Subset realization -- Grounding and physicalism -- The rise of non-reductive physicalism -- The physicalist problematic reconsidered.
Summary: "How should thought and consciousness be understood within a view of the world as being through-and-through physical? Many philosophers have proposed non-reductive, levels-based positions, according to which the physical domain is fundamental, while thought and consciousness are higher-level processes, dependent on and determined by physical processes. In this book, Kevin Morris's careful philosophical and historical critique shows that it is very difficult to make good metaphysical sense of this idea - notions like supervenience, physical realization, and grounding all fail to articulate a viable non-reductive, levels-based physicalism. Challenging assumptions about the mind-body problem and providing new perspectives on the debate over physicalism, this accessible and comprehensive book will interest scholars working in metaphysics, philosophy of mind, and philosophy of science"--Publisher's description.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Supervenience and non-reductive physicalism -- Non-reductive physicalism and the exclusion problem -- Functional realization -- Subset realization -- Grounding and physicalism -- The rise of non-reductive physicalism -- The physicalist problematic reconsidered.

"How should thought and consciousness be understood within a view of the world as being through-and-through physical? Many philosophers have proposed non-reductive, levels-based positions, according to which the physical domain is fundamental, while thought and consciousness are higher-level processes, dependent on and determined by physical processes. In this book, Kevin Morris's careful philosophical and historical critique shows that it is very difficult to make good metaphysical sense of this idea - notions like supervenience, physical realization, and grounding all fail to articulate a viable non-reductive, levels-based physicalism. Challenging assumptions about the mind-body problem and providing new perspectives on the debate over physicalism, this accessible and comprehensive book will interest scholars working in metaphysics, philosophy of mind, and philosophy of science"--Publisher's description.

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