Jaegwon Kim Quotes on Mind
Jaegwon Kim was a Korean-American analytic philosopher, long associated with Brown University, and one of the most influential philosophers of mind of his generation. This page collects quotes attributed to Jaegwon Kim on the topic of mind, drawn from across the philosopher's works.
Quotes
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Attributed to Jaegwon Kim:
“If the physical realm is causally closed, mental properties must either be physical or be epiphenomenal.”
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Attributed to Jaegwon Kim:
“Supervenience without reduction is a metaphysical free lunch we cannot afford.”
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Attributed to Jaegwon Kim:
“Mental causation is the heart of the mind-body problem.”
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Attributed to Jaegwon Kim:
“Physicalism is the price we pay for taking causation seriously.”
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Attributed to Jaegwon Kim:
“Some qualia may resist physical reduction; everything else does not.”