Single Idea 2995

[catalogued under 17. Mind and Body / D. Property Dualism / 5. Supervenience of mind]

Full Idea

Mind/brain supervenience is the best idea anyone has had so far about how mental causation is possible.

Gist of Idea

Supervenience gives good support for mental causation

Source

Jerry A. Fodor (Psychosemantics [1987], p. 30)

Book Reference

Fodor,Jerry A.: 'Psychosemantics' [MIT 1993], p.30


A Reaction

I would have thought that mind brain identity was a much better idea (see Idea 3440). Supervenience seems to prove that 'mental causation' occurs, but doesn't explain it.

Related Idea

Idea 3440 Without reductionism, mental causation is baffling [Kim]