An essay on the mind body problem and mental causation cambridge, mass mit press 1998 isbn 0262112345. Francois laruelle 35 categories with an immediate content that is in reality already mediated, it is a question of conceiving of them at once inthemselves,md in terms. The supervenience involved here is a version of what kim calls strong supervenience and is intended to range across possible worlds. Kim maintains that this shows that mindbody supervenience points to the existence of a dependency relation 1998. Now in its second edition, kim explores, maps, and interprets this complex and exciting terrain. Mind in a physical world is based on kims townsend lectures at the university of california, berkeley, held in 1996 and extensively revised later. Several of the class readings will be taken from contemporary debates in philosophy of mind, edited by brian mclaughlin. Is giving reasons for an action the same thing as causally explaining it. The focus of my discussion is a property dualism that takes qualia to be sui generis features of reality. Kim pays particular attention to the relation of global supervenience which is thought by many to. This seminar will articulate these concepts and discuss the philosophical problems that arise from them. The first option seems unconscionable, while the second bankrupts dct of its very coherence. Kim pays particular attention to the relation of global supervenience which is.
Nov 01, 1993 kim s work on he is best known for his work on mental causation and the mind body problem. This difference, however, will typically not show up. Kim s research spanned the philosophy of mind, metaphysics, action theory, epistemology, and philosophy of science. Oct 16, 2015 physicalism, or something near enough by jaegwon kim in chm, djvu, fb3 download ebook. Griffin responds to jaegwon kims supervenience and mind. This collection of essays presents the core of his work on supervenience and mind with two sets of postscripts especially written for the book. Supervenience supervenience not generally accompanied by downward causation e. Tim crane, the mental causation debate proceedings of the aristotelian society supplementary volume 1995.
Problems of mental causation whether and how it can exist. It surveys some of the many ways the concept has been used to reveal the manner and degree to which mental phenomena depend on facts about our bodies and their physical features. Political science is divided between methodological individualists, who seek to explain political phenomena by reference to individuals and their interactions, and holists. First, kim 1984 famously distinguishes between a strong and a weak reading of this condition. However, when we look more closely, we find that there are a number of different and even conflicting ideas of what would count as a naturalization of the mind. It is mainly about the mind body problem, mental causation, reductionism, supervenience and emergence. Kims research spanned the philosophy of mind, metaphysics, action theory, epistemology, and philosophy of science.
Article dretske on the causal efficacy of meaning manuel garciacarpintero the object of this paper is to discuss some issues raised by fred dretskes. Individual supervenience deals in property distributions across indivi. Reprinted in kim, jaegwon, supervenience and mind cambridge. Since this is a course in philosophy of science, we will also pay signi cant attention to scienti c perspectives on reduction and emergence, alongside metaphysics and philosophy of mind. Elements of mind, oxford university press, 2001 eom, and jaegwon kims philosophy of mind, westview press, 2006 pom. Designed as an introduction to the field for upperlevel undergraduates and graduate students, philosophy of mind focuses on the mindbody problem and related. Mind in a physical world is based on kim s townsend lectures at the university of california, berkeley, held in 1996 and extensively revised later. Kims conclusion is that nonreductive materialism is not a viable option for philosophers of mind. Supervenience and mind this article is an informal introduction to the concept of supervenience and the role it plays in the philosophy of mind.
Methodological individualism and holism in political science. For a discussion of how supervenience can be extended to a case like the soul and body, see my 1997, 334. Maximality and microphysical supervenience theodore sider philosophy and phenomenological research 66 2003. Methodological individualism and holism in political. Kim s conclusion is that nonreductive materialism is not a viable option for philosophers of mind. Physicalism, or something near enough by jaegwon kim pdf. If anything, it is the dependence relation that grounds and explains the property covariation. Kim, from the supervenience argument mcclamrock, from nonreductive materialism wo. The essays focus on such issues as the nature of causation and events, what dependency relations other than causal. Jaegwon kim is one of the most preeminent and most influential contributors to the philosophy of mind and metaphysics. Kim, chapter 8 the computational theory of mind pylyshyn, zenon, 1980. As jaegwon kim 1984 pointed out the slogan may be understood in at least three ways. Jaegwon kim if this is true, what should physicalists do.
Kim s work is at the center of current discussion of supervenience, the relation of supervenience to reductionism, the nature of mental causation, and related issues in the philosophy of mind. Issues in the foundation of cognitive science, the behavioral and brain sciences, 3. All content included on our site, such as text, images, digital downloads and other, is the property of its content suppliers and protected by us and international laws. He shows that kims acceptance of a materialist version of physicallism leads to problems. Supervenience the international research library of.
In supervenience and mind, these and related issues are addressed with clarity, originality. He was author of dozens of widely cited articles and of four books. Classical and contemporary readings oxford university press, 2002. From this perspective, the brain implements the mind, and the mind supervenes on the brain. The supervenience answer to the problem of explanatory exclusion that i will be assuming throughout the paper is inspired by kims own writings. Then, given the supervenience of the primary colours on the specific shades, in w no two objects will differ in ben properties without differing in shadeproperties, but there may well be a bicycle and a car sporting the very same shade of blue in w.
Maximal properties are typically extrinsic, for their instantiation. Since the 1970s, the relation of the mind to the body has increasingly been discussed in the philosophical community in terms of supervenience. Supervenience and mind by jaegwon kim cambridge core. Nov, 2015 jaegwon kims philosophy of mind is the classic, comprehensive survey of the subject. It is mainly about the mindbody problem, mental causation, reductionism, supervenience and emergence.
The mere claim of mindbody supervenience leaves unaddressed the question what grounds or accounts for it. Philosophy of mind syllabus addenda phi 416516 fall 2019. Several attempts to find such a role should not be considered successful,4 i believe, although i will not argue for this here. Physicalism, or something near enough by jaegwon kim in chm, djvu, fb3 download ebook. If the latter, then god is beholden, himself, to a moral standard, so that morality is independent of god. Although his work on these topics is often cited, it is scattered in various journals volumes, etc. Lewis, david, new work for a theory of universals, australasian journal of philosophy 61 1983, pp. Jaegwon kims philosophy of mind is the classic, comprehensive survey of the subject. Why property dualists must reject substance physicalism.
On the strong reading, the condition applies to every pair of possible objects x and y, even if they inhabit different worlds. In his most recent book, jaegwon kim provides an answer with which many would agree. Of particular interest, kim lays out his views in supervenience and its relation to the mindbody problem, discusses and in my view deals a deathblow to donald davidsons anomalous monism, and begins the development of his views on reductionism that come to fruition in his mind in a physical world also a great read. Maximal properties are typically extrinsic, for their instantiation by x depends on what larger things x is part of. Critical notice of jaegwon kims supervenience and mind. An essay on the mindbody problem and mental causation cambridge, mass mit press 1998 isbn 0262112345. Jaegwon kim, the nonreductivists trouble with mental causation in john heil and al mele eds.
I had been struck by the appeal to supervenience in hare 1952, a. All of the readings listed below can be found in chalmers, ed. Correspondingly, he distinguished three kinds of supervenience, a weak and a strong form of individual supervenience and global supervenience. Several of the class readings will be taken from contemporary debates in philosophy of mind, edited by brian mclaughlin and jonathan cohen, blackwells, 2007 cdpm. Kims work on he is best known for his work on mental causation and the mindbody problem. If there were just one name associated with contemporary discussion of supervenience it would be jaegwon kims, and it is gratifying to find so many of his papers on this and related topics united here essentially unchanged. The supervenience of mental content 119 be gladly taken by believers in broad content, though, for it is not at all clear what role a content should play which has nothing to do with explaining behaviour. Themes in my philosophical work university of arizona.
A reconciliation christian list and kai spiekermann london school of economics and political science abstract. Let us compare this characterization to kims notions of supervenience. Selected philosophical essays is an absolute mustread for any philosopher working in the philosophy of mind. Let us compare this characterization to kim s notions of supervenience. Jaegwon kim, philosophy of mind second edition philpapers. At least since kim 1984 three notions that correspond.
Naturalisms in philosophy of mind steven horst wesleyan university abstract most contemporary philosophers of mind claim to be in search of a naturalistic theory. Kims work is at the center of current discussion of supervenience, the relation of supervenience to reductionism, the nature of mental causation, and related issues in the philosophy of mind. Supervenience and mind cambridge studies in philosophy. Kim, jaegwon psychophysical supervenience, philosophical studies 41 1982, pp. A read is counted each time someone views a publication summary such as the title, abstract, and list of authors, clicks on a figure, or views or downloads the fulltext. Supervenience, in relation to reduction and materialism i invoked the notion of supervenience in my doctoral dissertation, microreductionandthemindbodyproblem,completedattheuniversity of michigan in 1974 under the direction of jaegwon kim.
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