In Defense of a Realization Formulation of Physicalism

Topoi 37 (3):483-493 (2018)
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In earlier work, I proposed and defended a formulation of physicalism that was distinctive in appealing to a carefully-defined relation of physical realization. Various philosophers (Robert Francescotti, Daniel Stoljar, Carl Gillett, and Susan Schneider) have since presented challenges to this formulation. In the present paper, I aim to show that these challenges can be overcome.

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Special sciences.Jerry A. Fodor - 1974 - Synthese 28 (2):97-115.
Physicalism.Daniel Stoljar - 2010 - New York: Routledge.
Physical Realization.Sydney Shoemaker - 2007 - Oxford, GB: Oxford University Press UK.

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