Emerson Green | Psychophysical Harmony, Physicalism, & God w/ Brian Cutter @EmersonGreen | Uploaded 1 year ago | Updated 9 minutes ago
Dr. Brian Cutter joins me to discuss his paper, 'Psychophysical Harmony: A New Argument for Theism', coauthored with Dr. Dustin Crummett.
After talking about epiphenomenalism and why William James’ argument against it works against all views in philosophy of mind (with the lone exception of Type-A materialism), we explain why psychophysical harmony seems so improbable. We also discuss what I consider to be one of the weirder features of physicalism – the metaphysical impossibility of inverts, zombies, disharmony, and so on – and why one's views about metaphysical modality won't help you escape the argument from psychophysical harmony. In addition to touching on a few objections, we also talk about the underdetermination of the data, and why psychophysical harmony may be equally good evidence for some hypotheses of those who exist in The Nagel Zone.
The paper: philarchive.org/rec/CUTPHA
William James' argument against epiphenomenalism: youtu.be/GrG6SdJzozc
My interview with @dustin.crummett youtu.be/auahudU1C08
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00:00 Introduction & Preliminaries
03:59 The Problem with Epiphenomenalism
10:44 The Likelihood of Harmony
19:04 The Impossibility of Disharmony?
31:45 The Revenge Problem
49:53 The Path of Least Resistance
53:22 Underdetermination & the Nagel Zone
58:02 Hiddenness
1:01:53 Do only those with a theistic agenda notice this problem?
Dr. Brian Cutter joins me to discuss his paper, 'Psychophysical Harmony: A New Argument for Theism', coauthored with Dr. Dustin Crummett.
After talking about epiphenomenalism and why William James’ argument against it works against all views in philosophy of mind (with the lone exception of Type-A materialism), we explain why psychophysical harmony seems so improbable. We also discuss what I consider to be one of the weirder features of physicalism – the metaphysical impossibility of inverts, zombies, disharmony, and so on – and why one's views about metaphysical modality won't help you escape the argument from psychophysical harmony. In addition to touching on a few objections, we also talk about the underdetermination of the data, and why psychophysical harmony may be equally good evidence for some hypotheses of those who exist in The Nagel Zone.
The paper: philarchive.org/rec/CUTPHA
William James' argument against epiphenomenalism: youtu.be/GrG6SdJzozc
My interview with @dustin.crummett youtu.be/auahudU1C08
https://linktr.ee/emersongreen
/ Counter Apologetics /
Consider supporting at patreon.com/counter
Apple Podcasts: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/counter-apologetics/id1273573417
Spotify: open.spotify.com/show/0xp05xgyg04BWh0U1tCZ0z
/ Walden Pod /
Consider supporting at patreon.com/waldenpod
Apple Podcasts: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/walden-pod/id1474408172
Spotify: open.spotify.com/show/5It3kjkrB9CTDen1Sx3aGl?si=fZ6MENZ4TdSLDPLAJ_6dAA&nd=1
/ timestamps /
00:00 Introduction & Preliminaries
03:59 The Problem with Epiphenomenalism
10:44 The Likelihood of Harmony
19:04 The Impossibility of Disharmony?
31:45 The Revenge Problem
49:53 The Path of Least Resistance
53:22 Underdetermination & the Nagel Zone
58:02 Hiddenness
1:01:53 Do only those with a theistic agenda notice this problem?
