Monismo anômalo: uma reconstrução e revisão da literatura

This paper reconstructs Donald Davidson’s (1970) arguments for his theory of anomalous monism, and reviews the main criticisms it received. That theory is widely rejected nowadays, and given the numerous criticisms it received, it is reasonable to conclude that any rehabilitation attempt has a long...

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Main Author: Marcelo Fischborn
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina 2014-05-01
Series:Principia: An International Journal of Epistemology
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Online Access:https://periodicos.ufsc.br/index.php/principia/article/view/32430
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description This paper reconstructs Donald Davidson’s (1970) arguments for his theory of anomalous monism, and reviews the main criticisms it received. That theory is widely rejected nowadays, and given the numerous criticisms it received, it is reasonable to conclude that any rehabilitation attempt has a long way ahead. The diversity of those criticisms suggests that there is no consensus on exactly why anomalous monism fails, although difficulties seem to concentrate on the justification and possibility of the monist thesis, and not on the thesis of mental anomalism.
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spelling doaj.art-e8b2abce90ef4f38aec1424f8d782fc42022-12-21T18:31:46ZengUniversidade Federal de Santa CatarinaPrincipia: An International Journal of Epistemology1414-42471808-17112014-05-01181536610.5007/1808-1711.2014v18n1p5321801Monismo anômalo: uma reconstrução e revisão da literaturaMarcelo Fischborn0Universidade Federal de Santa MariaThis paper reconstructs Donald Davidson’s (1970) arguments for his theory of anomalous monism, and reviews the main criticisms it received. That theory is widely rejected nowadays, and given the numerous criticisms it received, it is reasonable to conclude that any rehabilitation attempt has a long way ahead. The diversity of those criticisms suggests that there is no consensus on exactly why anomalous monism fails, although difficulties seem to concentrate on the justification and possibility of the monist thesis, and not on the thesis of mental anomalism.https://periodicos.ufsc.br/index.php/principia/article/view/32430Monismo anômaloDonald Davidsoneventos mentaiseventos físicos
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Monismo anômalo: uma reconstrução e revisão da literatura
Principia: An International Journal of Epistemology
Monismo anômalo
Donald Davidson
eventos mentais
eventos físicos
title Monismo anômalo: uma reconstrução e revisão da literatura
title_full Monismo anômalo: uma reconstrução e revisão da literatura
title_fullStr Monismo anômalo: uma reconstrução e revisão da literatura
title_full_unstemmed Monismo anômalo: uma reconstrução e revisão da literatura
title_short Monismo anômalo: uma reconstrução e revisão da literatura
title_sort monismo anomalo uma reconstrucao e revisao da literatura
topic Monismo anômalo
Donald Davidson
eventos mentais
eventos físicos
url https://periodicos.ufsc.br/index.php/principia/article/view/32430
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