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In a 1999 paper, Ned Block and Robert Stalnaker argued that this view does not require conceptual analysis. A book titled for this view calls the issues of mental causation and consciousness the “Two World-Knots.” That book by Jaegwon Kim is titled for this view “or something near enough.” In the 1950s, (15[1])U. T. Place, Herbert Feigl, (15[1])and J. J. C. Smart developed a variant of this view that was attacked (15[1])in the paper “The Nature of Mental States.” Hilary Putnam used (*) multiple realizability (10[1])to challenge a variant of this view named for types, which is contrasted with another variant named for tokens. In the paper “Epiphenomenal Qualia,” Frank Jackson attacked this view using the knowledge argument. For 10 points, name this position in the (-5[1])philosophy (10[1])of mind which holds that mental states can either be reduced to or are dependent on phenomena (10[1]-5[1])like neurons firing. ■END■ (10[1]0[3])

ANSWER: physicalism [or word forms of physicalist; or materialism or word forms of materialist; accept Physicalism, or Something Near Enough; prompt on type-identity theory or token-identity theory]
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2023 Chicago Open08/05/2023Y978%33%22%96.14

Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Ned TagtmeierIn Search of Things PastEvans Hall destruction awaiters5115
Joel Miles[moderator voice] yes that is so tenpointscore! is your team feeling bonuspilled?Curse you, Periplus the Platypus!5615
Jason GolfinosSaint Peter Andre 3000Teach Us to Outgrow Our Ladness7015
Jordan BrownsteinThe Plague (anime)" was redirected to: "Oran High School Host ClubQuasicrystal Silence8310
Rahul KeyalThe anti-STOON-dahl cabal (the tall Keyal et al.)wave2: trimming membership codes 9655377758gp124-5
Matt BollingerTeam Name Think DetailThe Canadians12510
Andrew HartBHSUHang et al., Robert Browning14210
ar RamjiHang et al., Robert BrowningBHSU142-5
Iain CarpenterDon't be Afraid, the Clown's Afraid TooRomanos IV Diogenes’ Macaroni Grill1460
William GoldenRomanos IV Diogenes’ Macaroni GrillDon't be Afraid, the Clown's Afraid Too1460
John Marvinremembrance of lost timeI prefer really not to speak. If I speak I’m in big trouble14610
Alexander Nerowave2: trimming membership codes 9655377758gpThe anti-STOON-dahl cabal (the tall Keyal et al.)1460