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Mental causation for standard dualists
Umeå University, Faculty of Arts, Department of historical, philosophical and religious studies.ORCID iD: 0000-0001-6423-1324
2024 (English)In: Australasian Journal of Philosophy, ISSN 0004-8402, E-ISSN 1471-6828, Vol. 102, no 4, p. 978-998Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

The standard objection to dualist theories of mind is that they seemingly cannot account for the obvious fact that mental phenomena cause our behaviour. On the plausible assumption that all our behaviour is physically necessitated by entirely physical phenomena, there appears to be no room for dualist mental causation. Some argue that dualists can address this problem by making minimal adjustments in their ontology. I argue that no such adjustments are required. Given recent developments in philosophy of causation, it is plausible that mental phenomena cause behaviour in standard dualist ontologies.

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Routledge, 2024. Vol. 102, no 4, p. 978-998
Keywords [en]
Mental Causation, Dualism, Consciousness, Causal Exclusion, Higher-Level Causation
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Philosophy
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Theoretical Philosophy
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URN: urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-220181DOI: 10.1080/00048402.2024.2335325ISI: 001204999800001Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85190596190OAI: oai:DiVA.org:umu-220181DiVA, id: diva2:1832320
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Causation, Correlation and Sensitivity, Swedish Research Council
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Swedish Research Council, 2019-0638Available from: 2024-01-29 Created: 2024-01-29 Last updated: 2024-10-28Bibliographically approved

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