The Way Things are: Basic Readings in MetaphysicsThis anthology of classic and contemporary readings addresses the major areas of metaphysical inquiry: personal identity and responsibility; free will and determinism; change and time; existence and non-existence; the mind-body problem; and causal determinism and free will. |
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... experiences , introspectible processes or activities , not that they are the supposed intentional objects that experiences are experiences of . If these objects of experience really exist separate from experiences of them , or even as ...
... experiences , introspectible processes or activities , not that they are the supposed intentional objects that experiences are experiences of . If these objects of experience really exist separate from experiences of them , or even as ...
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... Experiences Defined by Causal Roles The first of my two premises for establishing the identity theory is the principle that the definitive characteristic of any experience as such is its causal role . The definitive causal role of an ...
... Experiences Defined by Causal Roles The first of my two premises for establishing the identity theory is the principle that the definitive characteristic of any experience as such is its causal role . The definitive causal role of an ...
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... experience in such a family does so by virtue of its own membership in a causal isomorph of the family of ... experience by the causes and effects of exactly all and only its occurrences . We can be content rather merely to identify the ...
... experience in such a family does so by virtue of its own membership in a causal isomorph of the family of ... experience by the causes and effects of exactly all and only its occurrences . We can be content rather merely to identify the ...
Contents
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Of Identity Thomas Reid | 70 |
Rigid Designation Hugh S Chandler | 76 |
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