Introduction: The Character of Physicalism

Topoi 37 (3):435-455 (2018)
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Abstract

The aim of this editorial introduction is twofold. First, Sects. 1–8 offer a critical introduction to the metaphysical character of physicalism. In those sections, I present and evaluate different ways in which proponents of physicalism have made explicit the metaphysical dependence that is said to hold between the non-physical and the physical. Some of these accounts are found to be problematic; others are shown to be somewhat more promising. In the end, some important lessons are drawn and different options for physicalists are presented. Second, in Sect.9, the six papers that comprise the special issue are introduced and summarized

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Andreas Elpidorou
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