Ontological Relativism and the Pragmatic Notion of Metaphysical Truth :: Philosophy Metaphysics Research

Ontological Relativism and the Pragmatic Notion of meta material TruthABSTRACT I. IntroductionThe intelligence body problem resembles a black hole in the universe of philosophy It takes a bundle of energy which could be spent otherwise. Therefore, it would be liberating to show that it is not a problem at all. That is exactly what I shall do in this paper. Roughly, I shall argue as followsFirst, I go a mood show that the traditional mind body problem as a logical conflict will not occur if one is more decided in dualism.Then, I shall argue that dualism does not need to be an absurd position. It is absurd plainly if when taken metaphysically, only it is plausible when taken pragmatically. I shall reject the metaphysical presumptions shared by metaphysical dualism and the materialist identity possibleness in enact to develop a metaphysical position compatible with pragmatic dualism. Thus, I shall get rid of the mind body problem, the absurdities associated with dualism and the unintelligibility of the identity theory all at once.II. Exchanging Logical Conflicts for Metaphysical QuestionsThe traditional logical way of putting the mind body problem is this(1) Physical events are caused only by other physical events.(2) Mental phenomena play causal roles much(prenominal) that they do cause not only other noetic phenomena but also physical events, namely actions and movements.(3) Mental phenomena are not physical.These statements misrepresent each other, but only for the reason that (3) defends a noetic-physical dualism, whereas (2) supposes identity amid actions (or behavior) and phyical events. Thus, the logical conflict is constituted by nothing but question in dualism. I call it indecision, because the relevant reasons which lead to dualism with regard to mental and physical phenomena do equally well support dualism as to actions (or behavior) and physical events. Both variants of ontological dualism are built upon semantic dualism which is both a bstract and explanatory dualism.As to conceptual dualism, it should be conceded that mental phenomena, behavior, and actions as much(prenominal) can be individuated only as sensed, had, made, and done by someone. This experiential dependency on a subject cannot be analysed naturalistically, because it is neither an falsifiable intrinsic property, nor any kind of empirical relation. It is what the contents of the concepts sensing, scent, deciding, believing, and acting have in common, concepts, which do not refer to intrinsic properties or relations at all. Thus, the individuation of mental phenomena and actions as such differs essentially from the individuation of physical phenomena and events.