| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Title of host publication | Encyclopedia of Cognitive Science |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 2006 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Abstract (may include machine translation)
Abstract It is arguably an assumption of both common sense and scientific psychology that mental states and events cause events in the physical world. Yet this fact is problematic for both physicalist and dualist theories of the mind.
Keywords
- action
- dualism
- functionalism
- materialism
- physicalism