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. Philosophy Program
RSSS, ANU
Ole Koksvik
In Defence of Interactionism: Table of Contents

In Defence of Interactionism

Table of Contents

1. Interactionism

1.1

Introduction

1

1.2

How Monism Wins Popularity

7

1.2.1 

Four Dualist Positions

7

1.2.2

 Causal Closure

 9

1.2.3 

Epiphenomenalism

12

1.3 

Epiphenomenalism Is an Unattractive Position

14

1.4 

Burden of Proof

17

1.5 

Proportionality

19

2. The Paradox of Justified Phenomenal Judgement

2.1 

The Paradox

25

2.1.1 

Interactionist Responses

27

2.1.2 

Chalmers’ Response

30

2.1.3 

Criticism of Chalmers’ Response

31

2.1.4 

Interactionism and Certainty

36

2.2 

A Revised Account

42

2.2.1 

Exposition

42

2.2.2 

Criticism

51

3. Two Objections

3.1 

Introduction

61

3.2 

A Conceptual Problem

61

3.2.1 

The Argument

62

3.2.2 

A CounterArgument

63

3.2.3 

Further Considerations

64

3.3 

Defining Interactionism

81

4. Conservation of Energy

4.1 

Introduction

87

4.2 

The Status of CoE

88

4.3 

What Is a Closed System

90

4.4 

The Relevance of CoE to Interactionist Dualism

93

4.4.1 

Purported Irrelevance

94

4.4.2 

The Prima Facie Relevance of CoE

95

4.4.3 

Diagnosis

97

4.4.4 

Relevance Reasserted

100

4.5 

Taxonomy of the Defences

103

4.5.1 

A Tripartite Taxonomy

104

4.5.2 

An Alternative Taxonomy

104

4.6 

Popper’s Defence

105

4.6.1 

Context

105

4.6.2 

Interpretation

107

4.6.3 

Evaluation

110

4.7 

Compensation Defences

114

4.7.1 

Two ‘Levelling Out’ Views

114

4.8 

Defences that Allege QuestionBegging

120

4.8.1 

QuestionBegging I: Averill and Keating

121

4.8.2 

QuestionBegging II: Rejecting 1

124

4.9 

Conclusion

127

5. Other Arguments

5.1 

Introduction

129

5.2 

Papineau

130

5.3 

MetaInductions on the History of Science

132

5.3.1 

The Arguments

132

5.3.2 

The Response

133

5.3.3 

Other Varieties

136

5.4 

Unity of Science

138

5.5 

Lack of ‘Wiggle Room’

145

Conclusion

147

Appendix A

151

A.1 

Introduction

151

A.2 

Dualism by Degrees

153

A.3 

Units of Measurement

157

A.4 

Action at a Distance

159

A.5 

Who Were Right

161

A.6 

Contrasts

162

A.7 

PresentDay Physics

168

A.8 

Avoiding Vacuity

171

A.9 

Concluding Remarks

173

 

References

175