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Michael Pelczar

1 paper in the library · publishing 2020

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Idealism

The Oxford Handbook of the Philosophy of Consciousness July 9, 2020 Michael Pelczar

Metaphysical idealism holds that physical facts supervene on mental facts, making the mental the fundamental feature of reality. This contrasts with physicalism, which claims the opposite. Idealism is a monist view that does not reduce consciousness to something more basic or identify it with brain states. The chapter argues that idealism is a more attractive position than typically recognized in contemporary philosophy of mind.