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Mental states: Mental states are internal states of mind that include thoughts, feelings, emotions, sensations, and perceptions. They are subjective experiences that cannot be directly observed by others. See also Brain states, Brain, Thoughts, Thinking, Cognition, Consciousness, Perception, Sensation, Emotions, Behavior._____________Annotation: The above characterizations of concepts are neither definitions nor exhausting presentations of problems related to them. Instead, they are intended to give a short introduction to the contributions below. – Lexicon of Arguments. | |||
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Michael Pauen on Mental States - Dictionary of Arguments
Pauen I 37 Mind/mental states/substance/consciousness/Pauen: Question: are there causal relationships? - a) parallelism: for the parallelism there are no causal relationships. (Leibniz, pre-established harmony, clock parable) pre-established harmony, clock parable. b) Epiphenomenalism: For the epiphenomenalism causal relationships exist only in the direction brain > mind. >Supervenience, >Epiphenomenalism c) Interactionist dualism: there is an interaction. >Dualism, >Monism, >Causality, >Effect, >Cause, >Causal relation, >Explanation, cf. >Identity theory, >Physicalism, >Intentionality._____________Explanation of symbols: Roman numerals indicate the source, arabic numerals indicate the page number. The corresponding books are indicated on the right hand side. ((s)…): Comment by the sender of the contribution. Translations: Dictionary of Arguments The note [Concept/Author], [Author1]Vs[Author2] or [Author]Vs[term] resp. "problem:"/"solution:", "old:"/"new:" and "thesis:" is an addition from the Dictionary of Arguments. If a German edition is specified, the page numbers refer to this edition. |
Pauen I M. Pauen Grundprobleme der Philosophie des Geistes Frankfurt 2001 |