10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DOUBLE-ASPECT THEORY»
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1
The Growth of Medical Knowledge
The double-aspect theory says that "mental and bodily facts are parallel
manifestations of a single underlying reality" ([2], pp. 295-296). This position has
its intellectual ancestor in Spinoza: "the decision of the mind ... and determination
of the ...
H. ten Have, Gerrit K. Kimsma, G.L Kimsma, 1990
2
Consciousness: A Guide to the Debates
He has proposed a double aspect theory in which the underlying neutral
substance is “information.” Information is to be understood here in a technical
sense first introduced by Claude Shannon in 1948 and now widely employed in
the world ...
3
Nature from Within: Gustav Theodor Fechner and His ...
Lacking any fundamentally new experiences, it is most reasonable to accept the
double aspect theory. It has the least metaphysical ballast.103 The Identity View
and Modern Identity Theory As we have seen, Fechner called his mind-body ...
Michael Heidelberger, 2004
4
Sensations: A Defense of Type Materialism
The failings of dualism and the double-aspect theory My goal in Part 2 is to
convince the reader that type materialism deserves to be taken seriously. I will
work toward this goal by establishing three propositions. First, in this chapter I will
show ...
Christopher S. Hill, 1991
5
Religion and Technology in the 21st Century: Faith in the ...
Paul Davies (1991) describes the “double aspect” theory of mind that sees a
unification of “what is” as primary. There are various versions of the “double
aspect” theory, ranging from that where “experience” and “consciousness” are
primary in ...
6
In Defense of Mentalism: A Critical Review of the Philosophy ...
I will first discuss a theory which occupies an intermediate position. This theory is
monistic, but does recognize that mental and physical properties are different.
DOUBLE ASPECT THEORY According to double aspect theory (DAT) the mental
...
René Marres, R. Marres, 1989
7
God Without the Supernatural: A Defense of Scientific Theism
A Double Aspect Theory Double aspect theories tell us that the one item can
have two "aspects" — the physical and the mental. The item in question could be
the whole human being or, if we are concerned with details, some state or
process ...
According to double aspect theory, consciousness where it exists is one of two
aspects of a thing or state of a thing, maybe necessarily a living thing, the other
aspect being physical. According to neutral monism a conscious state, like all
states ...
9
The Blackwell Guide to Philosophy of Mind
of thought and extension is the original of the double aspect theory, though he
did not himself so describe his position.42 Spinoza held that there was a single,
infinite, eternal, and necessary substance, which had every possible categorical
...
Stephen P. Stich, Ted A. Warfield, 2008
10
Universals, Particulars, and the Identity of Indiscernibles
The “double-aspect theory” is the view that the relationship between each natural
property and the causal powers it confers is necessary but that two natural
properties can confer the same causal powers. “Humeanism”, as I use the term
here, ...
Timothy Haymond Pickavance, 2008
