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Qualia and Mental Causation in a Physical World Terence Horgan (University of Arizona)

Qualia and Mental Causation in a Physical World By Terence Horgan (University of Arizona)

Qualia and Mental Causation in a Physical World by Terence Horgan (University of Arizona)


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How does mind fit into nature? No contemporary philosopher has done more to clarify this question than Jaegwon Kim, a distinguished analytic philosopher specializing in metaphysics and philosophy of mind. With new contributions from an outstanding line-up of eminent scholars, this volume focuses on issues raised in Kim's work.

Qualia and Mental Causation in a Physical World Summary

Qualia and Mental Causation in a Physical World: Themes from the Philosophy of Jaegwon Kim by Terence Horgan (University of Arizona)

How does mind fit into nature? Philosophy has long been concerned with this question. No contemporary philosopher has done more to clarify it than Jaegwon Kim, a distinguished analytic philosopher specializing in metaphysics and philosophy of mind. With new contributions from an outstanding line-up of eminent scholars, this volume focuses on issues raised in Kim's work. The chapters cluster around two themes: first, exclusion, supervenience, and reduction, with attention to the causal exclusion argument for which Kim is widely celebrated; and second, phenomenal consciousness and qualia, with attention to the prospects for a functionalist account of the mental. This volume is sure to become a major focus of attention and research in the disciplines of metaphysics and philosophy of mind.

About Terence Horgan (University of Arizona)

Terry Horgan is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Arizona. Marcelo Sabates is Associate Provost for International Programs at Kansas State University. David Sosa is Temple Professor in the Humanities at the University of Texas, Austin.

Table of Contents

1. Reality and reduction: what's really at stake in the causal exclusion debate Louise Antony; 2. Two property theories and the causal conundrum for physicalism Frank Jackson; 3. Mental causation: the free lunch Barry Loewer; 4. Does mental causation require psychophysical identities? Brian McLaughlin; 5. The Canberra plan neglects ground Ned Block; 6. Microrealization and the mental Sydney Shoemaker; 7. Supervenience and the causal explanation of behavior Fred Dretske; 8. Visual awareness and visual qualia Christopher Hill; 9. Phenomenal externalism, Lolita, and the planet Xenon Michael Tye; 10. Troubles for radical transparency James Van Cleve; 11. How theories work: open questions for methodological philosophy of science Lawrence Sklar.

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NLS9781107434882
9781107434882
1107434882
Qualia and Mental Causation in a Physical World: Themes from the Philosophy of Jaegwon Kim by Terence Horgan (University of Arizona)
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Cambridge University Press
2016-12-15
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