Journal article
Could anyone justifiably believe epiphenomenalism?
- Abstract:
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Epiphenomenalism claims that all conscious events are caused immediately by brain events, and no conscious events cause brain events. In order to have a justified belief in a theory someone needs a justified belief that it or some higher-level theory predicts certain events and those events occurred. To have either of the latter beliefs we depend ultimately on the evidence of apparent experience, memory, and testimony, which is credible in the absence of defeaters; it is an undermining defea...
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- Publication status:
- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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- Publisher:
- Imprint Academic Publisher's website
- Journal:
- Journal of Consciousness Studies Journal website
- Volume:
- 18
- Issue:
- 3-4
- Pages:
- 196-216
- Publication date:
- 2011-01-01
- ISSN:
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2051-2201
- Source identifiers:
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617747
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- Pubs id:
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pubs:617747
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uuid:b859f85e-73ca-4f56-818d-6fce857d163d
- Local pid:
- pubs:617747
- Deposit date:
- 2016-04-25
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- Copyright holder:
- Imprint Academic
- Copyright date:
- 2011
- Notes:
- This is the accepted manuscript version of the article. The final version is available online from Imprint Academic http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/imp/jcs.
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