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Full Idea
I claim that the completeness of physics must be an essential component of any physicalist view of mind.
Clarification
'Completeness' means everything can be explained by it
Gist of Idea
The completeness of physics must be an essential component of any physicalist view of mind
Source
Tim Crane (Elements of Mind [2001], 2.12)
Book Ref
Crane,Tim: 'Elements of Mind' [OUP 2001], p.48
A Reaction
He does not convince me of this. The mind may be within physics, but why should we say a priori that no exceptions to physical law will ever be discovered. Crane is setting up straw men.
1909 | How can pleasure or judgement occur in a heap of atoms? [Sext.Empiricus on Epicurus] |
5885 | Souls contain no properties of elements, and elements contain no properties of souls [Cicero] |
5951 | If atoms have no qualities, they cannot possibly produce a mind [Plutarch] |
6229 | Sense is fixed in the material form, and so can't grasp abstract universals [Cudworth] |
6382 | The 'grain problem' says physical objects are granular, where sensations appear not to be [Sellars, by Polger] |
5796 | If tree rings contain information about age, then age contains information about rings [Searle] |
2308 | Identity theory was overthrown by multiple realisations and causal anomalies [Kim] |
3002 | If mind is just physical, how can it follow the rules required for intelligent thought? [Fodor] |
6122 | No defences of physicalism can deprive psychology of the ontological authority of other sciences [Mellor/Crane] |
3150 | Can identity explain reason, free will, non-extension, intentionality, subjectivity, experience? [Rey] |
3129 | Physicalism offers something called "complexity" instead of mental substance [Rey] |
4072 | The completeness of physics must be an essential component of any physicalist view of mind [Crane] |
4598 | Functionalists emphasise that mental processes are not to be reduced to what realises them [Heil] |
3448 | Do new ideas increase the weight of the brain? [Dance] |