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mental causation: a standalone construct

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Philosophy of mind

the question of how mental states such as beliefs and desires can make a causal difference to behavior in a physically closed world.

In philosophy of mind, mental causation refers to the question of how mental states such as beliefs and desires can make a causal difference to behavior in a physically closed world. This meaning comes from Yablo (1992) in The Philosophical Review.[1]

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apparent mental causation1 fields · 1 citationsanchor · a standalone construct causation6 fields · 15 citationsjingle · one name, six constructs closed3 fields · 3 citationsjingle · one word, three constructs

References

Yablo, S. (1992). Mental Causation. The Philosophical Review, 101(2), 245. https://doi.org/10.2307/2185535

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