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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._____________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
I 155 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._____________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 |