Ideas from 'Philosophical Naturalism' by David Papineau [1993], by Theme Structure

[found in 'Philosophical Naturalism' by Papineau,David [Blackwell 1993,0-631-18903-3]].

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7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 5. Naturalism

3509	Externalism may be the key idea in philosophical naturalism

17. Mind and Body / A. Mind-Body Dualism / 8. Dualism of Mind Critique

3513	How does a dualist mind represent, exist outside space, and be transparent to itself?

17. Mind and Body / C. Functionalism / 8. Functionalism critique

3514	Functionalism needs causation and intentionality to explain actions

17. Mind and Body / D. Property Dualism / 5. Supervenience of mind

3510	Epiphenomenalism is supervenience without physicalism

3511	Supervenience requires all mental events to have physical effects

17. Mind and Body / E. Mind as Physical / 1. Physical Mind

3515	Knowing what it is like to be something only involves being (physically) that thing

17. Mind and Body / E. Mind as Physical / 7. Anti-Physicalism / b. Multiple realisability

3512	If a mental state is multiply realisable, why does it lead to similar behaviour?

19. Language / F. Communication / 4. Private Language

3516	The Private Language argument only means people may misjudge their experiences