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Physical/Psychic, philosophy: involves the question to which domain - the physical, ultimately biological, or the mental domain - a subject of research is to be counted to, is the subject of discussion in various disciplines such as philosophy of mind, neuro-philosophy or psychology. See also identity theory, naturalism, physicalism, functionalism, naturalism.
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Patricia Churchland on Physical/Psychic - Dictionary of Arguments

II 468
Mentalese/Tradition: There is a fundamental contradiction to the "physical": allegedly the categorial distinction prevents the mere possibility that neuroscience could ever reveal the feeling of a pain. (ChurchlandVs).


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Explanation of symbols: Roman numerals indicate the source, arabic numerals indicate the page number. The corresponding books are indicated on the right hand side. ((s)…): Comment by the sender of the contribution. Translations: Dictionary of Arguments
The note [Concept/Author], [Author1]Vs[Author2] or [Author]Vs[term] resp. "problem:"/"solution:", "old:"/"new:" and "thesis:" is an addition from the Dictionary of Arguments. If a German edition is specified, the page numbers refer to this edition.

Churla I
Paul M. Churchland
Matter and Consciousness Cambridge 2013

Churli I
Patricia S. Churchland
Touching a Nerve: Our Brains, Our Brains New York 2014

Churli II
Patricia S. Churchland
"Can Neurobiology Teach Us Anything about Consciousness?" in: The Nature of Consciousness: Philosophical Debates ed. Block, Flanagan, Güzeldere pp. 127-140
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Bewusstein, Thomas Metzinger, Paderborn/München/Wien/Zürich 1996


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