The Causal Exclusion Problem: 213 (American University Studies: Series 5: Philosophy) - Hardcover

Moore, Dwayne

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1433122677 ISBN 13: 9781433122675

Publisher: Peter Lang Publishing Inc, 2014

Synopsis

In The Causal Exclusion Problem, the popular strategy of abandoning any one of the principles constituting the causal exclusion problem is considered, but ultimately rejected. The metaphysical foundations undergirding the causal exclusion problem are then explored, revealing that the causal exclusion problem cannot be dislodged by undermining its metaphysical foundations – as some are in the habit of doing. Finally, the significant difficulties associated with the bevy of contemporary nonreductive solutions, from supervenience to emergentism, are expanded upon. While conducting this survey of contemporary options, however, two novel approaches are introduced, both of which may resolve the causal exclusion problem from within a nonreductive physicalist paradigm.
The Causal Exclusion Problem, which relentlessly motivates the vexing causal exclusion problem and exhaustively surveys its metaphysical assumptions and contemporary responses, is ideal for an advanced undergraduate or graduate course in the philosophy of mind.

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About the Author

Dwayne Moore received his PhD in philosophy from the University of Guelph-Laurier-McMaster Tri-University program, where his dissertation centered on the causal exclusion problem. He has published numerous articles in the Philosophy of Mind, and, more specifically, on the causal exclusion problem. He is currently Assistant Professor in Philosophy at Trent University.

Edition details

• Publisher: Peter Lang Publishing Inc
• Publication date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1433122677
• ISBN 13: 9781433122675
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 216