Physicalism

A.J. Ayer action description arguments Aristotle Aristotle's artefact ascribe attribute beliefs and desires body brain capacities ceteris paribus chapter cited cogitatio common sense complex concepts consciousness counterfactual conditionals Descartes described descriptions and explanations detailed discriminate discussion distinction dualism Eliminative Materialism epistemological everyday evidence example experience explain explanandum explanation of action extensional fact feature functional analysis generalisations hence hippogriff human behaviour identify immediacy immediate awareness incorrigibility criterion intensional sentences intensional verb intransitive kind latently intensional matter mental events mental phenomena mind-body problem monism neural neurons neurophysiology non-inferential notion object ontological ordinary language pain patellar reflex perception perform philosophers physical sciences physicalist postulates precisely presupposes processes propositional attitudes psuche psychological predicates psychological terms psychological theory psychology psychophysiological question r₁ reaction realise reason relation robot science fantasy scientific sensations sentient simulation sort stimuli structure thinking thought vocabulary Wernicke's area