The Conceptual Link from Physical to Mental

The Conceptual Link from Physical to Mental
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Publisher : Oxford University Press
Total Pages : 241
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ISBN-10 : 9780199669417
ISBN-13 : 0199669414
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Download or read book The Conceptual Link from Physical to Mental written by Robert Kirk and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2013-01-31 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How are truths about physical and mental states related? Robert Kirk articulates and defends 'redescriptive physicalism'—a fresh approach to the connection between the physical and the mental, which answers the problems that mental causation has traditionally raised for other non-reductive views.


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