Philosophy / Unit 6 Philosophy 0230 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Physicalism
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The idea
Physicalism: everything that exists, minds included, is physical—mental states are ultimately states of the brain and body, however described.
In practice
The wager behind it: every other domain—life, lightning, heat—eventually yielded to physical explanation. Mind, physicalists bet, is next.
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