Single Idea 3433

[catalogued under 17. Mind and Body / E. Mind as Physical / 2. Reduction of Mind]

Full Idea

From the emergentist point of view, the reductionists bridge laws are precisely what need to be explained. Why do these mental-physical correlations hold?

Gist of Idea

The core of the puzzle is the bridge laws between mind and brain

Source

Jaegwon Kim (Philosophy of Mind [1996], p.229)

Book Reference

Kim,Jaegwon: 'Philosophy of Mind' [Westview 1998], p.229


A Reaction

Everyone is happy with the bridge laws from chemistry to physics, but no one knows (deep down) why those exact laws hold. We need to understand what consciousness is; its cause will then, I think, become apparent.