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Physicalism is a proposed position on the problem of mental causation, as outlined in the four-premise argument regarding causal closure and non-epiphenomenalism [1]. It is categorized alongside mental causation as a primary stance within the mind-body problem [2] and is listed as a core philosophical concept related to the study of mental causation [3].
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Non-physicalist Theories of Consciousness cambridge.org 2 facts
claimThere are four possible positions on mental causation: interactionism (which implies violation of physical causal closure), epiphenomenalism, overdetermination, and physicalism.
procedureThe argument for physicalism regarding mental causation consists of four premises: 1. Physical causal closure (every physical effect has a sufficient physical cause), 2. Non-epiphenomenalism (conscious states have physical effects), 3. Non-overdetermination (physical effects of conscious states do not have more than one sufficient cause), and 4. Physicalism (conscious states are physical).
Dualism (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy/Winter 2016 Edition) plato.stanford.edu 1 fact
claimPhilosophical concepts related to the mind-body problem include behaviorism, consciousness, eliminative materialism, epiphenomenalism, functionalism, identity theory, intentionality, mental causation, neutral monism, and physicalism.