Kirk Ludwig develops a novel reductive account of plural discourse about collective action
and shared intention. Part I develops the event analysis of action sentences, provides an …

Abstract Since Leibniz's time, Cartesian mental causation has been criticized for violating
the conservation of energy and momentum.(Non-epiphenomenalist property dualism is …

The mind–body problem is the problem of explaining how the happenings of our mental
lives are related to physical states, events and processes. Proposed solutions to the problem …

Mental causation is vitally important to the integrated information theory (IIT), which says
consciousness exists since it is causally efficacious. While it might not be directly apparent …

This book critically examines the recent discussions of powers and powers-based accounts
of causation. The author then develops an original view of powers-based causation that …

Names: Paolini Paoletti, Michele, editor. Title: Philosophical and scientific perspectives on
downward causation/edited by Michele Paolini Paoletti and Francesco Orilia. Description: 1 …

Our minds have physical effects. This happens, for instance, when we move our bodies
when we act. How is this possible? Thomas Kroedel defends an account of mental …

In this thorough introduction to theological anthropology, Joshua Farris offers an evangelical
perspective on the topic. Farris walks the reader through some of the most important issues …

In metaphysics, the fundamental is standardly equated with that which has no explanation–
with that which is, in other words,'brute'. But this doctrine of brutalism is in tension with …

A number of years ago, I recognized that the mathematical formalism of modern physics,
well developed for describing the inanimate world, cannot be so efficient when the human …