A CRITIQUE OF PHYSICALISM ON THE BASIS OF ITS DIVISION INTO A PRIORI AND A POSTERIORI

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GHIASVAND MAHDI

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Journal: Ma`rifat Falsafi Year:2011 | Volume:9 | Issue:1 (33) Page(s): 133-162

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A CRITIQUE OF PHYSICALISM ON THE BASIS OF ITS DIVISION INTO A PRIORI AND A POSTERIORI

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GHIASVAND MAHDI | Issue Writer Certificate

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A PRIORI PHYSICALISMQ2

A POSTERIORI PHYSICALISMQ2

PHENOMENAL CONSCIOUSNESSQ2

SEMANTIC IMPLICATIONQ2

EPISTEMIC IMPLICATIONQ2

Abstract

Botha priori and a posteriori physicalists agree with each other in holding that physicalism, as a metaphysical approach to the world, is an appropriate approach that includes the nature of mind. However, they disagree on whether certain truths are knowablea priori. Of course, both of them_ a prioriphysicalists and a posteriori physicalists_ maintain that the doctrine“physicalism” can only be knowna posteriori. Despite such a consensus, there is no consent about how exactly the doctrine should be formulated.The author has a critique of physicalism on the basis of this dispute and its division intoa priori and a posteriori. It seems that physicalism requires a prioriknowledge, but on the other hand, it seems also that it is impossible. It seems that there are somea priori entailments (implications) from microphysical truths to ordinary macroscopic truths. But it will be argued that there are noa priori entailments (implications) from microphysical truths to phenomenal truths because these truths cannot be functionalized.The purpose of this article is to argue that since such entailments (implications) are necessary for physicalism to be true, physicalism would be false regarding the PHENOMENAL CONSCIOUSNESS.

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GHIASVAND, MAHDI. (2011). A CRITIQUE OF PHYSICALISM ON THE BASIS OF ITS DIVISION INTO A PRIORI AND A POSTERIORI. MARIFAT-I FALSAFI, 9(1 (33)), 133-162. SID. https://sid.ir/paper/124010/en

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GHIASVAND MAHDI. A CRITIQUE OF PHYSICALISM ON THE BASIS OF ITS DIVISION INTO A PRIORI AND A POSTERIORI. MARIFAT-I FALSAFI[Internet]. 2011;9(1 (33)):133-162. Available from: https://sid.ir/paper/124010/en

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MAHDI GHIASVAND, “A CRITIQUE OF PHYSICALISM ON THE BASIS OF ITS DIVISION INTO A PRIORI AND A POSTERIORI,” MARIFAT-I FALSAFI, vol. 9, no. 1 (33), pp. 133–162, 2011, [Online]. Available: https://sid.ir/paper/124010/en

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