Physical Realization (Paperback)

Sydney Shoemaker

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Published by Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2009

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Paperback. In Physical Realization, Sydney Shoemaker considers the question of how physicalism can be true: how can all facts about the world, including mental ones, be constituted by facts about the distribution in the world of physical properties? Physicalism requires that the mental properties of a person are 'realized in' the physical properties of that person, and that all instantiations of properties in macroscopic objects are realized in microphysical statesof affairs. Shoemaker offers an account of both these sorts of realization, one which allows the realized properties to be causally efficacious. He also explores the implications of this account for a widerange of metaphysical issues, including the nature of persistence through time, the problem of material constitution, the possibility of emergent properties, and the nature of phenomenal consciousness. Sydney Shoemaker considers the question of how physicalism can be true. His answer to this question involves showing how the mental properties of a person can be 'realized in' the physical properties of that person, and how all instantiations of properties in macroscopic objects can be realized in microphysical states of affairs. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

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Title
Physical Realization (Paperback)
Author
Sydney Shoemaker
Publisher
Oxford University Press, Oxford
Publication year
2009
Condition
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Binding
Paperback
Language
English
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0199571554
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