A defense of the via negativa argument for physicalism

Barbara Montero; David Papineau

A defense of the via negativa argument for physicalism

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Analysis 65 (287):233-237 (2005)

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Keywords	Evidence Metaphysics Physicalism Physiology Gillett, Carl Papineau, David Spurrett, David Witmer, Gene
Categories	Causal Closure of the Physical in Metaphysics Physicalism about the Mind, Misc in Philosophy of Mind (categorize this paper)
DOI	10.1111/j.1467-8284.2005.00556.x
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A Note on the Completeness of "Physics".David Spurrett & David Papineau - 1999 - Analysis 59 (1):25-29.

Comments on Goodman's Ways of Worldmaking.Carl G. Hempel - 1980 - Synthese 45 (2):193 - 199.

A "Physical" Need: Physicalism and the Via Negativa.Carl Gillett & D. Gene Witmer - 2001 - Analysis 61 (272):302–309.

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Defining Physicalism.Alyssa Ney - 2008 - Philosophy Compass 3 (5):1033-1048.

Physicalism as an Attitude.Alyssa Ney - 2008 - Philosophical Studies 138 (1):1 - 15.

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Why 'Non-Mental' Won't Work: On Hempel's Dilemma and the Characterization of the 'Physical'. [REVIEW]Neal Judisch - 2008 - Philosophical Studies 140 (3):299 - 318.

Physicalism as an Empirical Hypothesis.David Spurrett - forthcoming - Synthese:1-14.

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