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Why the Exclusion Problem Still Seems Intractable for the Counterfactual Compatibilist

Tsapos, Melina LU (2020) FTEM02 20172
Theoretical Philosophy
Abstract
The exclusion problem has been a longstanding problem for the property dualist. The Compatibilist solution is to deny overdetermination, and thus they say we may preserve both mental and physical efficacy. However, in my paper I wish to show why the Compatibilist solution has not secured a materialist position. She has not established how supervenient properties are grounded in physicalism.
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The mind has been considered mysterious to science and something qualitatively different from the physical brain. The puzzle has been to understand its place in the physical world. The exclusion problem forces us to choose between the mind being a causal power on its own (dualism), having no causal power (eliminativism and epiphenomenalism), or that the mind just is the brain (reductionsim), and therefore causal. The choice we make affects our metaphysics and ontology, what things there really are in the world. How then, is the minds efficacy best explained if we want to remain physicalist? In this paper I argue that the mind and the brain as separate properties cannot both have causal powers; at least the Comapatibilist's solution has not... (More)
The mind has been considered mysterious to science and something qualitatively different from the physical brain. The puzzle has been to understand its place in the physical world. The exclusion problem forces us to choose between the mind being a causal power on its own (dualism), having no causal power (eliminativism and epiphenomenalism), or that the mind just is the brain (reductionsim), and therefore causal. The choice we make affects our metaphysics and ontology, what things there really are in the world. How then, is the minds efficacy best explained if we want to remain physicalist? In this paper I argue that the mind and the brain as separate properties cannot both have causal powers; at least the Comapatibilist's solution has not shown that it is the case. (Less)
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author
Tsapos, Melina LU
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organization
course
FTEM02 20172
year
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H1 - Master's Degree (One Year)
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keywords
Philosophy of mind, metaphysics, dualism, property dualism, compatibilism, counterfactual compatibilist, materialsim, physicalism, the exclusion problem, materialism, consciousness, supervenience, reductionism.
language
English
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9024231
date added to LUP
2020-11-26 13:39:22
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2020-11-26 13:39:22
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  abstract     = {{The exclusion problem has been a longstanding problem for the property dualist. The Compatibilist solution is to deny overdetermination, and thus they say we may preserve both mental and physical efficacy. However, in my paper I wish to show why the Compatibilist solution has not secured a materialist position. She has not established how supervenient properties are grounded in physicalism.}},
  author       = {{Tsapos, Melina}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{Why the Exclusion Problem Still Seems Intractable for the Counterfactual Compatibilist}},
  year         = {{2020}},
}