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Of the six positions presented in Chap. 3 , we have so far ruled out weak and strong emergence so are left with dualism and the three types of physicalism. This chapter will argue that the only coherent physicalist position is eliminativist. This means it must be an austere physicalism in which the only real entities are those described by fundamental physics. Everything else, everything that is not physics, is an illusion. After stating the position and giving some philosophical background, the bulk of the chapter considers various objections and concludes that none of them are convincing.

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Austere Physicalism

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    2025年

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  • Liam Graham

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Of the six positions presented in Chap. 3 , we have so far ruled out weak and strong emergence so are left with dualism and the three types of physicalism. This chapter will argue that the only coherent physicalist position is eliminativist. This means it must be an austere physicalism in which the only real entities are those described by fundamental physics. Everything else, everything that is not physics, is an illusion. After stating the position and giving some philosophical background, the bulk of the chapter considers various objections and concludes that none of them are convincing.