Hard questions - comments on Galen Strawson
Journal of Consciousness Studies 13 (10-11):90-99 (2006)
| Abstract | I find myself in agreement with almost all of Galen's paper (Strawson, 2006) -- except, that is, for his three main claims. These I take to be: that he has provided a substantive and useful definition of 'physicalism'; that physicalism entails panpsychism; and that panpsychism is a necessary and viable doctrine. But I find much to applaud in the incidentals Galen brings in to defend these three claims, particularly his eloquent and uncompromising rejection of the idea of brute emergence, as well as his dissatisfaction with standard forms of physicalism. I certainly find his paper far more on target than most of the stuff I read on this topic | |||||||||
| Keywords | Emergence Entailment Metaphysics Panpsychism Physicalism Strawson, Galen | |||||||||
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