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How can physicalism be true? How can all facts about the world be constituted by facts about the distribution in the world of physical properties? Shoemaker's answer to this question involves showing how the mental properties of a person can be 'realised' in the physical properties of...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Shoemaker, Sydney
Format: eBook
Language:English
Language Notes:English.
Published: Oxford : Clarendon, 2007.
Subjects:
Realism.
Materialism.
Logical positivism.
Causation.
Philosophy of mind.
Réalisme.
Matérialisme.
Positivisme logique.
Philosophie de l'esprit.
materialism (philosophical movement)
PHILOSOPHY.
Mind & Body.
Causation
Logical positivism
Materialism
Philosophy of mind
Realism
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:How can physicalism be true? How can all facts about the world be constituted by facts about the distribution in the world of physical properties? Shoemaker's answer to this question involves showing how the mental properties of a person can be 'realised' in the physical properties of that person.
Physical Description:1 online resource (x, 151 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
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