Open AccessConservation of Energy is Relevant to Physicalism
Author(s) -
Koksvik Ole
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
dialectica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.483
H-Index - 27
eISSN - 1746-8361
pISSN - 0012-2017
DOI - 10.1111/j.1746-8361.2007.01124.x
Subject(s) - physicalism , dualism , epistemology , philosophy , argument (complex analysis) , nothing , metaphysics , chemistry , biochemistry
A bstract I argue against Barbara Montero's claim that Conservation of Energy (CoE) has nothing to do with physicalism. I reject her reconstruction of the argument for physicalism from CoE, and offer an alternative reconstruction that better captures the intuitions of those who believe that there is a conflict between interactionist dualism and CoE.
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