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Single Idea 3990

[from 'Lewis: reduction of mind (on himself)' by David Lewis, in 7. Existence / C. Structure of Existence / 2. Reduction ]

Full Idea

The whole truth supervenes on the physical truth.

Clarification

'Supervenes' means 'is inseparable from'

Gist of Idea

The whole truth supervenes on the physical truth

Source

David Lewis (Lewis: reduction of mind (on himself) [1994], p.412)

Book Reference

'A Companion to the Philosophy of Mind', ed/tr. Guttenplan,Samuel [Blackwell 1995], p.412


A Reaction

This seems to me the central truth about brains, and we should not be lured into abandoning it. We should not, however, exclude the possibility that there is a non-physical reality.