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Single Idea 2406
[filed under theme 17. Mind and Body / D. Property Dualism / 3. Property Dualism
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Full Idea
Searle argues that H2O causes liquidity, but no one is a dualist about liquidity.
Clarification
Thus consciousness is surprising, but it is just a property of brains
Gist of Idea
H2O causes liquidity, but no one is a dualist about that
Source
David J.Chalmers (The Conscious Mind [1996], 2.4.1)
Book Ref
Chalmers,David J.: 'The Conscious Mind' [OUP 1997], p.130
A Reaction
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17 ideas
with the same theme
[mind is a non-reducible physical property]:
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There are distinct sets of psychological and physical causal laws
[Russell]
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2587
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Temperature is mean molecular kinetic energy, but they are two different concepts
[Putnam]
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3405
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If mental causation is lawless, it is only possible if mental events have physical properties
[Davidson, by Kim]
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3966
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The correct conclusion is ontological monism combined with conceptual dualism
[Davidson]
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3453
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Property dualism is the reappearance of Cartesianism
[Searle]
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3455
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Property dualists tend to find the mind-body problem baffling
[Searle]
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3456
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Consciousness is a brain property as liquidity is a water property
[Searle]
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3475
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Property dualism denies reductionism
[Searle]
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3376
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We can't assess evidence about mind without acknowledging phenomenal properties
[Kim]
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3424
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Most modern physicalists are non-reductive property dualists
[Kim]
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2489
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Why bother with neurons? You don't explain bird flight by examining feathers
[Fodor]
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2985
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Are beliefs brains states, but picked out at a "higher level"?
[Lyons on Fodor]
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4070
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Properties dualism says mental properties are distinct from physical, despite a single underlying substance
[Crane]
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2406
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H2O causes liquidity, but no one is a dualist about that
[Chalmers]
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4593
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'Property dualism' says mind and body are not substances, but distinct families of properties
[Heil]
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6622
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Non-reductive physicalism accepts token-token identity (not type-type) and asserts 'supervenience' of mind and brain
[Lowe]
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3520
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Token-identity removes the explanatory role of the physical
[Maslin]
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