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overdetermination
Also known as: theory of overdetermination, principle of overdetermination
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The Persian Gulf TV War by Douglas Kellner (http://www.gseis.ucla ... pages.gseis.ucla.edu 4 facts
perspectiveDouglas Kellner argues that a multicausal model is necessary to interpret the Gulf War, applying the concept of 'overdetermination' to account for political, military, cultural, and psychological factors rather than interpreting the conflict solely as a war for oil.
referenceLouis Althusser introduced the concept of 'overdetermination' in 1969 to describe the coexistence of multiple causes operating on different levels, intended to avoid reductionistic readings of Marxism that rely solely on economic determinism.
claimThe Persian Gulf War was 'overdetermined' and requires a multicausal analysis, meaning it was not caused by a single factor but by a complex web of political, economic, and military considerations.
referenceLouis Althusser proposed the concept of 'overdetermination' in 1969.
Non-physicalist Theories of Consciousness cambridge.org Dec 20, 2023 4 facts
claimThe argument from physical causal closure requires non-physicalists to choose between epiphenomenalism, overdetermination, or the denial of physical causal closure.
claimThe theory of overdetermination posits that behavior has mental causes in addition to sufficient physical causes, meaning behavior is caused by both a physical brain state and a non-physical conscious state.
claimThe 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.
claimThere are four possible positions on mental causation: interactionism (which implies violation of physical causal closure), epiphenomenalism, overdetermination, and physicalism.
Resolving the evolutionary paradox of consciousness link.springer.com Apr 1, 2024 2 facts
claimInteractionism faces the problem of overdetermination, as it suggests physical events are caused by both sufficient physical causes and conscious events, which challenges the assumption that physics is causally closed.
claimEpiphenomenalism avoids the problem of overdetermination, where physical events are affected by more than what are presumed to be wholly sufficient physical causes, a problem that would arise if consciousness were assumed to affect physical events.
Moving Forward on the Problem of Consciousness - David Chalmers consc.net 1 fact
referenceE. Mills authored the paper 'Interactionism and overdetermination,' which was published in the American Philosophical Quarterly, Volume 33, pages 105-115, in 1996.
Dualism (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy/Winter 2016 Edition) plato.stanford.edu Aug 19, 2003 1 fact
claimSome philosophers argue that the principle of overdetermination applies only to intrinsic features of events, rather than relational or comparative features, which would leave no room for mental events to cause physical effects under the constraint of physical closure.