The argument for physicalism states that if the principle of physical causal closure is correct, then epiphenomenalism and overdetermination are unacceptable, and conscious states must be physical to cause physical behavior without overdetermination.

Authors

• Person: Not available Organization: Cambridge University Press
  Non-physicalist Theories of Consciousness

Sources

• Non-physicalist Theories of Consciousness www.cambridge.org Cambridge University Press via serper

Referenced by nodes (4)

• epiphenomenalism concept
• conscious states concept
• principle of physical causal closure concept
• overdetermination concept