Ideas of Scott Sturgeon, by Theme

[British, fl. 1998, At Birkbeck College, London.]

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15. Nature of Minds / A. Nature of Mind / 1. Mind / e. Questions about mind
Mindless bodies are zombies, bodiless minds are ghosts
Types are properties, and tokens are events. Are they split between mental and physical, or not?
15. Nature of Minds / B. Features of Minds / 5. Qualia / b. Qualia and intentionality
Intentionality isn't reducible, because of its experiential aspect
17. Mind and Body / D. Property Dualism / 1. Reductionism critique
Rule-following can't be reduced to the physical
17. Mind and Body / E. Mind as Physical / 5. Causal Argument
The main argument for physicalism is its simple account of causation
18. Thought / C. Content / 10. Causal Semantics
Do facts cause thoughts, or embody them, or what?