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Property dualism and the merits of solutions to the mind-body problem: a reply to Strawson [PDF]
, 2006 This paper is divided into two main sections. The first articulates what I believe Strawson's position to be. I contrast Strawson's usage of 'physicalism' with the mainstream use.
Macpherson, F.
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Physical distancing ≠ physical inactivity [PDF]
Translational Behavioral Medicine, 2021 Abstract During this time of global health crisis, physical distancing, along with mask wearing, has emerged as the sine qua non social practice to protect ourselves and others from COVID-19. But as physical distancing ensues and all eyes remain fixed on the novel coronavirus, another, albeit careworn, pandemic rages on.
Meyer, Stefanie M +4 more
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Physicalism and moral responsibility: presentation of derivative consequence argument [PDF]
Омский научный вестник: Серия "Общество. История. Современность", 2020 In this paper, the author introduces the derivative consequence argument, which aims to demonstrate that moral responsibility is impossible in the world where physicalism and the strong realism about the laws of nature are both true.
B. V. Faul
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Fizikalism and Existentialism [PDF]
Journal of Philosophical Investigations, 2019 This article is about the dispute between existentialism and physicalism concerning the in/authenticity of the human being's thought and freedom. It deals with the impossibility of reducing human thought, practice, choice, and decision to their physical,
Bijan Abdolkarimi
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, 2010 Physicalism, the thesis that everything is physical, is one of the most controversial problems in philosophy. Its adherents argue that there is no more important doctrine in philosophy, whilst its opponents claim that its role is greatly exaggerated.
Stoljar, Daniel
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From Murphy’s Christian Physicalism to Lowe’s Dualism
TheoLogica, 2021 Nancey Murphy argues that God created us as physical beings without immortal souls. She supports this Christian physicalism by arguing that neuroscience can better explain minds in terms of physical information processing than dualists can in problematic
Mostyn Jones, Eric LaRock
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The Causal Argument for Physicalism [PDF]
, 2008 Physicalism can be thought of as the view that the mental is “nothing over and above” the physical. I defend a formulation of this view based on supervenience.
Yates, David
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The language of physicalism: A conceptual review of physicalist ontology
Sineza, 2022 In this paper, the author explores the development and influence of the language of physicalism on the understanding of the mind and body problem.
Igor Janković
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A Critique of the Argument for Panpsychism through Refutation of the Emergence of Consciousness [PDF]
Pizhūhish/hā-yi Falsafī- Kalāmī, 2022 Panpsychism, as opposed to physicalism and dualism, offers a third way to explain consciousness. According to panpsychism, some fundamental physical entities have conscious states.
MohammadJavad Elahieasl, Mahdi Zakeri
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Paradox of the duplication of physical information
Humanities & Social Sciences Communications, 2021 A thought experiment demonstrates that physicalism about consciousness entails a paradoxical duplication of physical information. Moreover, objective existence acquires the status of a physical property.
Maxim Ryabkov
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