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[filed under theme 7. Existence / C. Structure of Existence / 5. Supervenience / c. Significance of supervenience ]

Full Idea

Pure, unexplained supervenience is never a solution to a problem but a sign that there is something fundamental we don't know.

Gist of Idea

Pure supervenience explains nothing, and is a sign of something fundamental we don't know

Source

Thomas Nagel (The Psychophysical Nexus [2000], §III)

Book Ref

'New Essays on the A Priori', ed/tr. Boghossian,P /Peacocke,C [OUP 2000], p.445


A Reaction

This seems right. It is not a theory or an explanation, merely the observation of a correlation which will require explanation. Why are they correlated?