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How can a thought move an arm if physics already explains every movement?
Last week a lecturer said something I have been chewing on since. He said: decide to raise your arm, and it rises. Fine. But scientists say every movement of the arm has a complete physical cause, nerves, muscles, chemistry. So what is…
Started by Serkan Aydoğdu4 replies -
Kim was right: non-reductive physicalism cannot give the mind any causal work
Here is a thesis many materialists find uncomfortable, and I want to defend it. Non-reductive physicalism says two things: everything is physical, and mental properties (believing, wanting, feeling pain) are not identical to physical properties. It's the most popular view among cognitive…
Started by Priya Raghavan5 replies