Philosophers RESPECTFULLY debate physicalism and dualism

David Papineau and Brian Cutter debate physicalism, dualism, and much more besides. Buckle up for some juicy philosophy!

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OUTLINE

0:00 Intro
0:58 Causal argument
9:28 Epiphenomenalism
14:12 Overdetermination
21:12 Denying causal closure
33:15 History-independence argument
1:03:45 Causal closure again
1:23:04 Intuition of distinctness
1:37:37 Conclusion

RESOURCES

(1) David's website (with all his papers): https://www.davidpapineau.co.uk/

(2) David's paper on the causal argument for physicalism, "The Rise of Physicalism": https://www.davidpapineau.co.uk/uploa...

(3) Brian's website (with all his papers): https://sites.google.com/site/cutterb...

(4) My interview with Brian on arguments for dualism:    • Why physicalism is FALSE  

(5) My interview with Brian on arguments against dualism:    • Every objection to dualism DEBUNKED  

(6) Brian's anti-physicalist arguments tier list: https://benthams.substack.com/p/anti-...

(7) My Philosophy of Mind playlist:    • Philosophy of Mind  

(8) My Springer book: (a) https://www.amazon.com/Existential-In... (b) https://link.springer.com/book/10.100...

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