physicalism

GPTKB entity

Statements (30)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:philosophy
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs materialism
gptkbp:centralQuestion Can mental states be explained by physical processes?
gptkbp:concerns metaphysics
philosophy of mind
gptkbp:criticizedFor gptkb:David_Chalmers
gptkb:Thomas_Nagel
gptkb:Frank_Jackson
gptkbp:debatedBy philosophy of science
consciousness studies
gptkbp:hasConcept everything is physical or supervenes on the physical
gptkbp:historicalName materialism
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label physicalism
gptkbp:influencedBy logical positivism
scientific naturalism
gptkbp:notableFigure gptkb:Daniel_Dennett
gptkb:David_Papineau
gptkb:J.J.C._Smart
gptkbp:opposedBy idealism
dualism
gptkbp:relatedConcept physical sciences
supervenience
gptkbp:relatedTo reductionism
emergentism
gptkbp:subspecies gptkb:token_physicalism
gptkb:type_physicalism
non-reductive physicalism
reductive physicalism
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Philosophy_of_mind
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4