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Physicalism is defined by its ontological commitment to the physical, as seen in the phenomenal concept strategy's assertion regarding the relationship between the physical and the mental [1]. The concept of physicalism is further analyzed through its logical entailment from the physical [2] and its contrast with dualism regarding the epistemic gap between the mental and the physical [3].
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Panpsychism - Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy plato.stanford.edu 1 fact
claimThe phenomenal concept strategy, advocated by Brian Loar (1990), David Papineau (1998), and Eva Diaz-Leon (2010), is a form of physicalism that asserts there is no explanatory entailment from the physical to the mental.
The Hard Problem of Consciousness | Springer Nature Link link.springer.com 1 fact
claimvon Stillfried (2018) argues that a logical implication of the existence of one ontic category by another does not necessarily imply that the one must supervene on the other, meaning logical entailment of the phenomenal by the physical does not automatically equal reductionism or physicalism.
Non-physicalist Theories of Consciousness cambridge.org 1 fact
perspectiveDualists argue that while physicalism may be simpler and more elegant than dualism, the epistemic gap between the mental and the physical is a datum that is incompatible with physicalism but compatible with dualism.