The Cārvākas as Mysterians

Philosophy East and West 73 (1):104-125 (2023)
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Abstract:This is a discussion of how the Cārvākas viewed the relationship between the mind and the body. Whereas they have traditionally been interpreted as Emergentists, the aim here is to show that we can do better by reading them as being Mysterians.

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10.1353/pew.2023.0005

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