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[from 'On Propositions: What they are, and Meaning' by Bertrand Russell, in 17. Mind and Body / D. Property Dualism / 3. Property Dualism ]

Full Idea

There do seem to be psychological and physical causal laws which are distinct from each other.

Gist of Idea

There are distinct sets of psychological and physical causal laws

Source

Bertrand Russell (On Propositions: What they are, and Meaning [1919], §II)

Book Reference

Russell,Bertrand: 'Logic and Knowledge', ed/tr. Marsh,Robert Charles [Routledge 1956], p.299


A Reaction

This sounds like the essence of 'property dualism'. Reductive physicalists (like myself) say there is no distinction. Davidson, usually considered a property dualist, claims there are no psycho-physical laws. Russell notes that reduction may be possible.