Combining Texts

All the ideas for 'Reason, Emotions and Good Life', 'Making Mind Matter More' and 'An Argument for the Identity Theory'

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6 ideas

17. Mind and Body / A. Mind-Body Dualism / 6. Epiphenomenalism
2599 Either intentionality causes things, or epiphenomenalism is true [Fodor]
17. Mind and Body / C. Functionalism / 4. Causal Functionalism
7441 Experiences are defined by their causal role, and causal roles belong to physical states [Lewis]
7442 'Pain' contingently names the state that occupies the causal role of pain [Lewis]
17. Mind and Body / D. Property Dualism / 2. Anomalous Monism
2597 Contrary to the 'anomalous monist' view, there may well be intentional causal laws [Fodor]
17. Mind and Body / E. Mind as Physical / 7. Anti-Physicalism / b. Multiple realisability
2598 Lots of physical properties are multiply realisable, so why shouldn't beliefs be? [Fodor]
20. Action / C. Motives for Action / 3. Acting on Reason / a. Practical reason
4316 Either all action is rational, or reason dominates, or reason is only concerned with means [Cottingham]