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On The Possibility Of Restoration Of Mind And Matte

Posted on:2019-06-18Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:D L MeiFull Text:PDF
GTID:2435330551456799Subject:Philosophy of science and technology
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Mind-body problem is widely discussed in the modem philosophy of mind.It is also a problem originated from Descartes,discerning where the boundary lies between epistemology and metaphysics is.The theme of the debate is intricate.Reductionism argues total ontologically that world is made up of different levels and each causally connected with another,so there must be reductive.However,the anti-reductionism reveal the answer from a epistemological angle.There are some forms of dualism between them(maybe property dualism or panpsychism,or so called"explanation gap").This article mainly combine the study of neuroscience to analysis the evolution and weakness of three reduction models,and to eliminates the confusion of the Mind-body problem gradually.In the first chapter I discuss Negal's "standard" model?"new wave"model and"HIT"theory,compare chemistry theory-physicl theory reduction to the reduction of psychological-neuroscience theory to clarify what is a "wrong question"in Mind-body problem.In the second chapter I argue the multiple realization is not an evidence for reducibility.Then I discuss the "hard problem"raised by Chalmers,how we can reproduce the qualia in the another agent.So the problem goes to the asymmetry between limitation of our epistemology and what we made up of.Next I emphasis Davidson's important theory(anomalous monism)enlightens us what maybe the limitation of our cognition.In the last chapter,I discuss whether we can get the predictive theory of body and mind,define the standard of metal event,analysis language and perception equally contribute to our qualia,that why we can't distinguish the internality and externality of our language.I also mention Eldeman's theory about consciousness to map a physical process of us.In conclusion,the essence the reductionism problem is the asymmetry between the our epistemology and what we made up of,where our recognitive limitation lies in.
Keywords/Search Tags:Psychology-Neuroscience Reduction, Multiple Realizability, Explanation Gap, Anomalous Monism, Mental Event
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