Concept

Biological naturalism

Overview

an approach to the mind–body problem proposed by John Searle, that mental phenomena are higher-level features of the brain caused by neurobiological processes

Overview adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0; see the article history for authors).

Philosophers who discussed Biological naturalism

• John Searle
• Language of thought hypothesis

Related ideas

• Belief
• Mind–body problem
• John Searle
• Mind–body dualism
• Intentionality
• Mental event
• Neuron
• Neuroscience
• Ontology
• Property dualism
• Ghost in the machine
• Physics
• Pain
• René Descartes
• Eliminative materialism
• Causality
• Logical consequence
• Type physicalism
• Jerry Fodor
• Reality
• Human brain
• God
• Chess
• Human body

Place in the tradition

Part of Outline of philosophy.

Narrower topics:

• Human body
• Human brain
• Mental event
• Mind–body problem
• Neuron
• Pain

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