Russellian Physicalism and Protophenomenal Properties
Alter, Torin and Coleman, Sam
(2020)
Russellian Physicalism and Protophenomenal Properties.
Analysis, 80 (3): anaa006.
pp. 409-417.
ISSN 0003-2638
We consider an argument from Morris and Brown that there cannot be a genuinely physicalist version of Russellian monism, and rebut that argument. The rebuttal involves making a distinction between ways protophenomenal properties can be individuated: i). in terms of roles they play (e.g. grounding physical dispositions, constituting consciousness) and ii). in terms of their intrinsic nature. The Morris-Brown objection depends on individuating protophenomenal properties in way i), and can be sidestepped by individuating them in way ii, which, we argue, is anyway more in line with existing formulations of Russellian physicalism in the literature.
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Additional information | © 2020 Oxford University Press. This is a pre-copyedited, author-produced PDF of an article accepted for publication in Analysis following peer review. The version of record [Torin Alter, Sam Coleman, Russellian physicalism and protophenomenal properties, Analysis, anaa006, https://doi.org/10.1093/analys/anaa006] is available online at: https://doi.org/10.1093/analys/anaa006. |
Keywords | barbara gail montero, christopher devlin brown, kevin morris, russellian monism, inscrutables, onsciousness, panprotopsychism, physicalism, protophenomenal, philosophy |
Date Deposited | 15 May 2025 14:17 |
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