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physicalism

  1. Vanellus

    Does human thought refute physicalism?

    Is this argument valid? The cerebral physiologist who says that thought is ‘only’ tiny physical movements of grey matter must be wrong, for how could he think that thought truly except by participating in the medium which the logic of his statement denies? Taken from Planet Narnia by Michael...
  2. public hermit

    Galen Strawson's argument for why physical reality is experiential

    I know we have some smart folks with scientific and philosophical backgrounds on CF. I am curious what you make of Strawson's argument for why it makes sense that the physical is experiential. As you may know, Strawson is one of the foremost proponents of pansychism, which is the idea that...
  3. public hermit

    The Knowledge Argument Against Physicalism

    The following abridged version is from 1000wordphilosophy.com. For the full 1000 words see link at the bottom. "In philosophy of mind, physicalism is the view that mental states, like beliefs, feelings and desires, are nothing over and above the physical states of the brain: we don’t have souls...
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