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Naturalismo e soggettività

Paternoster, Alfredo
2009
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1825-5167
http://hdl.handle.net/10077/5165
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Metaphysical naturalism (in the philosophy of mind) is the thesis according to which mental states can be reduced to, and thereby explained by, neurophysiological states. In this paper I discuss whether this thesis is plausible taking into consideration different kinds of mental states: propositional attitudes, on the one hand, and phenomenal states, on the other. I shall argue that, while metaphysical naturalism is false for standard propositional attitudes (beliefs, desires etc.), it can be defended in the case of low-level phenomenal states, or raw feelings. As a consequence, since the instantiation of high-order mental states requires the neurophysiological mechanisms that constitute raw feelings, the notion of self has a biological basis, and in this sense, we can speak of a “natural self”. The structure of the paper is the following. In the first paragraph I shall focus on the naturalization of paradigmatic intentional states (beliefs and desires). In the second paragraph I move to the discussion of raw feelings and show the consequences of my view for the notion of self.
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Etica & Politica / Ethics & Politics
XI (2009) 2
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  • naturalism

  • intentional states

  • self

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EUT Edizioni Università di Trieste
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Alfredo Paternoster, "Naturalismo e soggettività", in: Etica & Politica / Ethics & Politics, XI (2009) 2, pp. 142-161.
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