Kevin Morris (Louisiana Tulane University)

Physicalism Deconstructed

Levels of Reality and the Mind-Body Problem

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Provides a philosophical and historical critique of contemporary conceptions of physicalism, especially non-reductive, levels-based approaches to physicalist metaphysics. Challenging assumptions about the mind-body problem, this accessible book will interest scholars working in metaphysics, philosophy of mind, and philosophy of science.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 275
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. April 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 400g
• ISBN-13: 9781108459068
• ISBN-10: 1108459064
• Artikelnr.: 60865008

Autorenporträt

Kevin Morris is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Tulane University, Louisiana. His work on the metaphysics of physicalism and the mind-body problem has appeared in The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science, Pacific Philosophical Quarterly, Erkenntnis, Philosophical Studies, and elsewhere.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
1. Supervenience and non-reductive physicalism
2. Non-reductive physicalism and the exclusion problem
3. Functional realization
4. Subset realization
5. Grounding and physicalism
6. The rise of non-reductive physicalism
7. The physicalist problematic reconsidered
Conclusion.