Philosophy A-Level
Physicalism and its denial
What Physicalism and its denial means in Philosophy A-Level, as defined for AQA.
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The view that mental properties reduce to or supervene on the physical, which property dualism denies for at least some mental properties.
Topics that use Physicalism and its denial
- Dualist theories (AQA A-Level)
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