回到大脑——塞尔的生物自然主义对心灵因果性问题的消解

Back to the Brain: the Solution of J.R. Searle’s Biological Naturalism to Mental Causality

约翰·塞尔的生物自然主义贯融了唯物主义和二元论,对传统的心身问题尤其是心灵的因果性问题作出的新的解决方案,向我们提供了对这一问题理解的新视角,具有重大的启发意义。文章梳理了塞尔的生物自然主义核心观点,总结了对心灵因果性问题的消解的步骤,指出了在塞尔的论证中存在的一些不足之处。

J. R. Searle’s Biological Naturalism made efforts to cohere materialism and dualism, trying to offer a new solution to traditional mind-body problem, especially the mental causality issue,and a new vision to understand which is exactly inspiring. The paper described the hardcore of Searle’s biological naturalism, and then made a conclusion to its solution to mental causality, as well pointed out that some of the inadequacies that exist in Searle’s argument.