Document Type
Article
Publication Date
12-2014
Department
Philosophy
Language
English
Publication Title
Philosophia
Abstract
This paper sketches and motivates a metaphysics of mind that is both substance dualist and, to a large extent, property reductive. Call it “property reductive emergent dualism”. Section “Emergent Dualism” gives the broad outlines of the view. Sections “Problems of Mental Causation” and “Theoretical Virtues” argue that it can claim several advantages over non-reductive physicalist theories of mind. Section “Problems of Mental Causation” considers metaphysical challenges to mental causation in detail. Section “Theoretical Virtues” considers overall theoretical virtues: ontological and ideological economy, unification with physical sciences, the promise of explanatory gain. On these grounds, I propose that the view coupling substance dualism with property reductivism deserves further philosophical attention.
DOI
10.1007/s11406-014-9573-3
Recommended Citation
Engelhardt, Jeff, "Property Reductive Emergent Dualism" (2014). Dickinson College Faculty Publications. Paper 93.
https://scholar.dickinson.edu/faculty_publications/93
Comments
Published as:
Engelhardt, Jeff. "Property Reductive Emergent Dualism." Philosophia 43, no. 1 (2014): 63-75. (Article published online December 16, 2014). doi: 10.1007/s11406-014-9573-3
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