Name: Mental Causation: A Nonreductive Approach (en Inglés)
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Author: Campbell, Neil
ISBN: 9781433103742

portada Mental Causation: A Nonreductive Approach (en Inglés)

Mental Causation: A Nonreductive Approach (en Inglés)

Formato

Libro Físico

Autor

Neil Campbell

Editorial

Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publi

Idioma

Inglés

N° páginas

113

Encuadernación

Tapa Dura

Peso

ISBN

1433103745

ISBN13

9781433103742

Categorías

Filosofía humanista
Filosofía occidental desde 1800, aproximadamente
Filosofía: metafísica y ontología

Mental Causation: A Nonreductive Approach (en Inglés)

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How do mental events such as choices and decisions lead to physical action? The problem of mental causation is one of the most important and intriguing philosophical issues of our time and has been at the centre of debates in the philosophy of mind for the past fifty years. In opposition to the recent wave of reductionist theories, this book argues that it is possible to account for mental causation within a nonreductive framework as it adopts a broadly Davidsonian approach to mental causation: reasons cause actions because they are identical to physical events. This work then defends this approach from the frequently raised criticism that it entails epiphenomenalism - the inefficacy of the mental. Moreover, Mental Causation moves beyond Davidson's views by reconsidering the question of whether reasons causally explain actions, arguing in opposition to Davidson, that explanations appealing to reasons represent a distinct category of explanation from causal explanation. Essential reading for anyone interested in debates about mental causation, this is an excellent text for senior undergraduates, graduate students, and professional philosophers.