| dc.rights.license | CC-BY-NC-ND | |
| dc.contributor.advisor | Lievers, Menno | |
| dc.contributor.author | Montesano Montessori, A.A. | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2019-07-04T17:00:52Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2019-07-04T17:00:52Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2019 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://studenttheses.uu.nl/handle/20.500.12932/32819 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Within this essay, I will be discussing whether Neo-Russellian Monism can deliver a satisfying theory of the mind. This central question was divided in three sub-problems. First, can Neo-Russellian Monism accommodate mental causation? Secondly, can Neo-Russellian Monism explain consciousness? And lastly, is multiple realizability possible on the Neo-Russellian Monist account? At the end of the essay, it will have become clear that Neo-Russellian Monism can accommodate mental causation, but not multiple realizability. Consciousness could not successfully be explained either. Especially the Neo-Russellian Monist failure to explain consciousness is painful, since solving this specific problem is the main goal of the theory. The conclusion is that Neo-Russellian Monism fails to deliver a satisfactory theory of mind. | |
| dc.description.sponsorship | Utrecht University | |
| dc.format.extent | 599702 | |
| dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | |
| dc.language.iso | en | |
| dc.title | The Status of the Mind within Neo-Russellian Monism | |
| dc.type.content | Master Thesis | |
| dc.rights.accessrights | Open Access | |
| dc.subject.keywords | Russellian Monism; Consciousness; Mental Causation; Mulitple Realizability; Mind-Body Problem;Panpsychism | |
| dc.subject.courseuu | Philosophy | |
