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1. 1. The inevitability of reductionism in the mind-Body problem : Finding convergence between functionalism and Type-Identity Physicalism

   Kandidat-uppsats, Uppsala universitet/Avdelningen för teoretisk filosofi

   Författare :Valery Nkenguruke; [2023]
   Nyckelord :Physicalism; identity; reduction; functionalism; multiple realizability.;

   Sammanfattning : Type identity theory is a theory within physicalism that maintains that types of mental states or processes are identical to types of states or processes in the brain. This would imply mental types can’t be encountered in physical structures other than the brain. LÄS MER

3. 2. En Darwinistisk reduktionism

   Kandidat-uppsats, Umeå universitet/Institutionen för idé- och samhällsstudier

   Författare :Elin Wengelin Grantén; [2018]
   Nyckelord :Alex Rosenberg; reduktionism; fysikalism; biologins filosofi;

   Sammanfattning : Alex Rosenbergʼs Darwinian reductionism is a more recent form of reductionism that aims at settling the dispute between reductionists and antireductionists in philosophy of biology. The idea is that the principle of natural selection can be viewed as a physico-chemical law that can ground biology in physics and chemistry, and hence make reductionism possible despite issues such as multiple realizability and downward causation. LÄS MER

4. 3. Tropes and Mind: In Defense of the Trope Solution to the Problem of Mental Causation

   Kandidat-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Teoretisk filosofi

   Författare :Erik Jansson; [2013]
   Nyckelord :mental causation; properties; trope monism; multiple realizability; Philosophy and Religion;

   Sammanfattning : The trope solution to the problem of mental causation combines a trope monism, i.e. that properties are tropes and all tropes are physical, with a type dualism, i.e. LÄS MER