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Mental causation : a counterfactual theory /

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Explaining how various theories about the nature of mind can accommodate mental causation requires some groundwork. It requires formulating these theories about the nature of mind more precisely. It also requires getting clearer about the nature of causation, which in turn has two aspects, the natur...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Kroedel, Thomas, 1977- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, [2020]
Subjects:
Causation.
Causation > Psychological aspects.
Counterfactuals (Logic)
Philosophy of mind.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • 1. Theories of the Mind and Theories of Causation
  • 2. Mental Causation by Counterfactual Dependence
  • 3. Mental Causation by Causal Modelling
  • 4. The Exclusion Problem
  • 5. Conclusion.