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Monism: monism is a collective term for theories that start from a single basic material or a basic principle, from which all phenomena that can be described in the subject area of the respective theory can be explained. Counter terms to monism are dualism and pluralism. See also materialism, physicalism, dualism, property dualism, anomalous monism.
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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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David Chalmers on Monism - Dictionary of Arguments

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Monism/Russell/Chalmers: neutral monism: the fundamental characteristics of the world are neither physical nor phenomenal, but the physical and the phenomenal are both built up from this fundamental. The phenomenal is formed from the intrinsic natures, the physical from the extrinsic.
>Intrinsic
, >Extrinsic, >Properties, >Reality, cf. >Dualism,
>Phenomena, >Experience.

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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.

Cha I
D. Chalmers
The Conscious Mind Oxford New York 1996

Cha II
D. Chalmers
Constructing the World Oxford 2014


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