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The Philosophical Journey, 2/e
William Lawhead, The University of Mississippi

The Search for Ultimate Reality
Physicalism

Topical Links

Patricia and Paul Churchland

Churchland, Patricia
(http://www.artsci.wustl.edu/~philos/MindDict/churchlandps.html)

Dictionary of Philosophy of Mind brief biography
Patricia S. Churchland, Personal Page
(http://philosophy.ucsd.edu/EPL/Pat.html)

Home Page of Patricia Churchland (UCSD); includes links to recent articles, some of which are available online
Can Neurobiology Teach us Anything about Consciousness?
(http://www.ecs.soton.ac.uk/~harnad/Papers/Py104/church.neuro.html)

Article by Patricia Churchland
Churchland, Paul
(http://www.artsci.wustl.edu/~philos/MindDict/churchlandpm.html)

Dictionary of Philosophy of MInd brief biography
Paul Churchland
(http://www.venturetech.com/philo/phils/churchland.html)

Brief overview of position from The Window: Philosophy on the Internet
Paul Churchland
(http://www.compapp.dcu.ie/~humphrys/philosophy.html)

Home Page of Paul Churchland (UCSD)
The Neurophysiology of Paul and Patricia Churchland
(http://www.phil.mq.edu.au/staff/jsutton/Churchlands.htm)

Lecture notes by John Sutton (Macquarie University); also includes link to Sutton's review of the Churchlands' On the Contrary
Physicalism and materialism

Physicalism
(http://www.artsci.wustl.edu/~philos/MindDict/physicalism.html)

Dictionary of Philosophy of MInd definition and brief discussion
Physicalism
(http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/physicalism/)

Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy article
Materialism
(http://www.artsci.wustl.edu/~philos/MindDict/materialism.html)

Dictionary of Philosophy of MInd definition and discussion
Materialism
(http://www.philosophypages.com/dy/m2.htm#mat)

Definition and suggested links by Garth Kemerling
Philosophical Materialism
(http://www.infidels.org/library/modern/richard_vitzthum/materialism.html)

Lecture giving historical overview of various materialist accounts; by Richard C. Vitzthum (University of Maryland, College Park)
Parsimony and the Mind
(http://www.tk421.net/essays/simple.shtml)

Argument by John Hubbard in favor of materialism over dualism
Knowledge argument, the
(http://www.artsci.wustl.edu/~philos/MindDict/knowledgeargument.html)

Dictionary of Philosophy of MInd definition and discussion of this argument by Frank Jackson against physicalism
Mary Doesn't Know Science
(http://www.calstatela.edu/faculty/nthomas/marytxt.htm)

Article against Jackson's knowledge argument against physicalism; by Nigel J. T. Thomas (Cal State University, Los Angeles)
Identity theory (reductionism)

Identity theory of mind
(http://www.philosophypages.com/dy/i.htm#idth)

Definition and suggested links by Garth Kemerling
Identity theory
(http://www.utm.edu/research/iep/i/identity.htm)

Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy article
The Identity Theory of Mind
(http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/mind-identity/)

Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy article
Identity theory
(http://www.artsci.wustl.edu/~philos/MindDict/identitytheory.html)

Dictionary of Philosophy of MInd definition and discussion
Physicalism Part I: the identity theory
(http://www.hku.hk/philodep/courses/mind/lecture4.htm)

Lecture notes by Joe Lau (University of Hong Kong)
Identity theories
(http://host.uniroma3.it/progetti/kant/field/mbit.htm)

Historical overview by Ullin T. Place (A Field Guide to the Philosophy of Mind)
Is the Mind Physical?
(http://easyweb.easynet.co.uk/~ursa/philos/phinow2.htm)

Article by Peter Lloyd from Philosophy Now, 1993 summarizing the mind-body problem, the identity theory, and some problems with the identity theory
Of Chemistry and Consciousness
(http://www.nih.gov/news/NIH-Record/06_27_2000/story01.htm)

Summary of symposium on reductionism by the National Institute of Health, May 2000; written by Harrison Wein
Anti-Reductionism Slaps Back
(http://www.nyu.edu/gsas/dept/philo/faculty/block/papers/AntiReductionism.html)

Article in defense of anti-reductionism in the philosophy of mind by Ned Block (New York University)
Eliminativism

Eliminativism
(http://www.philosophypages.com/dy/e.htm#elim)

Definition and suggested links by Garth Kemerling
Eliminativism
(http://www.artsci.wustl.edu/~philos/MindDict/eliminativism.html)

Dictionary of Philosophy of MInd definition and discussion
Eliminative materialism
(http://cognet.mit.edu/MITECS/Entry/stich.html)

MITECS entry and suggested additional links
A Particularly Compelling Refutation of Eliminative Materialism
(http://www.unc.edu/~ujanel/ElimWeb.htm)

Article by William Lycan (University of North Carolina)
Folk psychology

Folk psychology
(http://www.artsci.wustl.edu/~philos/MindDict/folkpsychology.html)

Dictionary of Philosophy of MInd definition
Folk psychology
(http://cognet.mit.edu/MITECS/Entry/baker)

MITECS entry and suggested additional links
Folk psychology as a theory
(http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/folkpsych-theory/)

Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy article
The Psychology of Folk Psychology
(http://www.ecs.soton.ac.uk/~harnad/Papers/Py104/goldman.psyc.html)

Article by Alvin I. Goldman (University of Arizona)