On Ensuring that Physicalism is Not a Dual Attribute Theory In Sheep's Clothing

Author: Jackson, Frank

Source: Philosophical Studies, Volume 131, Number 1, October 2006 , pp. 227-249(23)

Publisher: Springer

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Abstract:

Physicalists are committed to the determination without remainder of the psychological by the physical, but are they committed to this determination being a priori? This paper distinguishes this question understood de dicto from this question understood de re, argues that understood de re the answer is yes in a way that leaves open the answer to the question understood de dicto.

Document Type: Research article

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11098-006-5989-3

Affiliations: 1: Email: frank.jackson@anu.edu.au

Publication date: 2006-10-01