On ensuring that physicalism is not a dual attribute theory in sheep's clothing

Philsophical Studies 131 (1):227-249 (2006)
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Abstract

Physicalists are committed to the determination without remainder of the psychological by the physical, but are they committed to this determination being a priori? This paper distinguishes this question understood de dicto from this question understood de re, argues that understood de re the answer is yes in a way that leaves open the answer to the question understood de dicto.

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