Ghost in the machine

1. Emergence

1.1. Triani & Tuci (2009)

1.2. Weak emergence

1.2.1. Reductionism

1.3. Strong emergence

1.3.1. Irreducibility

2. Schools of thought

2.1. Dualism

2.1.1. Substance/Cartesian Dualism:

2.1.1.1. Cartesian gap

2.1.1.2. Cartesian theatre

2.1.2. Property Dualism

2.1.2.1. Non-reductive physicalism

2.1.2.2. Functionalism

2.1.2.2.1. Coltheart (2004)

2.1.2.2.2. Searle (1980)

2.1.2.3. Sperry

2.2. Monism

2.2.1. Materialism

2.2.1.1. Traditional Materialism

2.2.1.1.1. Behaviourism

2.2.1.1.2. Occams Razor

2.2.1.1.3. Dennet

2.2.1.2. Eliminative Materialism

2.2.1.2.1. Crick (1979)

2.2.2. Neurophilosophy

2.2.2.1. Reductionism

2.2.2.1.1. Churchland (2002)

3. Inter-Theoretic Reduction