Putnam's multiple realization argument against type-physicalism

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Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationJust the Arguments
Subtitle of host publication100 of the Most Important Arguments in Western Philosophy
EditorsMichael Bruce, Steven Barbone
PublisherWiley-Blackwell
Pages311-313
Number of pages3
ISBN (Electronic)9781444344431
ISBN (Print)9781444336375
DOIs
StatePublished - 7 Oct 2011

Keywords

  • "brain states" and "mental states" rather than to properties
  • Argument, simple in structure
  • P1 exposing real meaning of type-physicalism
  • P2, expressing multiple realization thesis
  • Putnam's argument, way for functionalist view of the mind
  • Putnam's multiple realization argument against type-physicalism
  • Putnam's multiple realization argument undermining "type-physicalism"
  • Type-physicalism (most probably) false
  • Type-physicalism, single realizability of mental properties
  • Type-physicalism, single realization of mental properties

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