Physical realization [electronic resource] / Sydney Shoemaker.

By:

Shoemaker, Sydney

Contributor(s):

Oxford eBooks

Publication details: Oxford : Clarendon, 2007.Description: 1 online resource (x, 151 p.)ISBN:

9780199214396

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Electronic books.

Additional physical formats: Print version: No titleDDC classification:

110 22

LOC classification:

B835

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Summary: How can physicalism be true? How can all facts about the world be constituted by facts about the distribution in the world of physical properties? Shoemaker's answer to this question involves showing how the mental properties of a person can be 'realised' in the physical properties of that person.

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How can physicalism be true? How can all facts about the world be constituted by facts about the distribution in the world of physical properties? Shoemaker's answer to this question involves showing how the mental properties of a person can be 'realised' in the physical properties of that person.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.