Causal relevance and the mental : towards a non-reductive metaphysics
My aim in this thesis is to explain how a non-reductionist metaphysics can accommodate the causal relevance of the psychological and of the special sciences generally. According to physicalism, all behavior is caused by brain-states; given "folk-psychology", behavior (such as the waving of...
Main Author: | Garrett, Brian. |
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Other Authors: | Pietroski, Paul (advisor) |
Format: | Others |
Language: | en |
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McGill University
1996
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Online Access: | http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=42039 |
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