Emergent mental properties are not just double-preventers.

We examine Sophie Gibb’s emergent property-dualist theory of mental causation as double-prevention. Her account builds on a commitment to a version of causal realism based on a powers metaphysic. We consider three objections to her account. We show, by drawing out the implications of the ontological...

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Bibliographic Details
Published in:Synthese Vol. 202; no. 2; pp. 1 - 23
Main Authors: Buckareff, Andrei A., Hawkins, Jessica
Format: Article
Published: Springer Nature Aug2023
Online Access:View this record in EBSCOhost