Causal Exclusion and Causal Autonomism

IF 0.1 4区 哲学 0 PHILOSOPHY Frontiers of Philosophy in China Pub Date : 2018-09-25 DOI:10.3868/s030-007-018-0031-3
Cai Weixin
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The causal exclusion problem is often considered as one of the major difficulties for which non-reductive physicalists have no easy solution to offer. Some non-reductive physicalists address this problem by arguing that mental properties are to some extent causally autonomous. If this is the case, then mental properties will not be causally excluded by their physical realizers because causation, in general, is a relation between properties of the same level. In this paper, I argue that the response from causal autonomy cannot be successful for two reasons. First, it does not offer a satisfactory explanation for how mental particulars can have causal efficacy in a non-reductive physicalist framework. Second, the causal considerations underpinning this response do not really support the conclusion that mental properties are causally autonomous.
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因果排斥与因果自治
因果排斥问题通常被认为是非还原物理主义者没有简单解决方案的主要困难之一。一些非还原物理主义者通过认为心理属性在某种程度上是因果自主的来解决这个问题。如果是这样的话,那么心理属性不会被其物理现实者因果地排除在外,因为因果关系通常是同一级别属性之间的关系。在本文中,我认为因果自主的反应不可能成功,原因有两个。首先,它并没有提供一个令人满意的解释,说明心理细节如何在非还原的物理主义框架中具有因果效力。其次,支撑这种反应的因果因素并不能真正支持心理特性是因果自主的结论。
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期刊介绍: Frontiers of Philosophy in China seeks to provide a forum for a broad blend of peer-reviewed academic papers in order to promote communication and cooperation between philosophers in China and abroad. It is to reflect the remarkable achievements that have been made in Chinese universities in philosophy research. Its coverage includes the following main branches of philosophy: Western philosophy, Chinese philosophy, philosophy of science and technology, political philosophy, history of philosophy, aesthetics, ethics, religion, etc. The journal especially encourages papers related to classical Chinese philosophy and Marxist philosophy and puts special emphasis on exploring the philosophical thoughts of the prominent Chinese philosophers since the period of "Hundred Schools of Thought".
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