Francis V Raab
Biographic Data
| ID | 5968183 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Francis V Raab |
| GIVEN NAMES | Francis V |
| FAMILY NAME | Raab |
| SIGNATURE | RAAB F V |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Minnesota System |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 3 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1955 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1965 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Of Minds and Molecules
“Of Minds and Molecules” attempts to show the difficulties in mental-state brain-state monism. By exploring the differences in meaning between mental-state sentences and brain-state sentences, and by analysing the implications of the theory of the molecular composition of matter, a kind of dualism is arrived at that no scientist should feel uncomfortable with. It is a dualism without mental substance but it does not deprive mental states of their…
History, Freedom, and Responsibility
Professor Isaiah Berlin has written an extremely lively polemic against those metaphysical theories of history which by regarding all human actions as inevitable, make it morally improper to censure the actors. Such theories attempt to give a comprehensive explanation of historical change in terms of some abstraction such as The Masses, The Absolute Spirit, Tradition, etc. which is supposedly the real dynamism or determinant of human history. Wha…
"Free Will and the Ambiguity of "Could
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"Free Will and the Ambiguity of "Could
History, Freedom, and Responsibility
Professor Isaiah Berlin has written an extremely lively polemic against those metaphysical theories of history which by regarding all human actions as inevitable, make it morally improper to censure the actors. Such theories attempt to give a comprehensive explanation of historical change in terms of some abstraction such as The Masses, The Absolute Spirit, Tradition, etc. which is supposedly the real dynamism or determinant of human history. Wha…
Of Minds and Molecules
“Of Minds and Molecules” attempts to show the difficulties in mental-state brain-state monism. By exploring the differences in meaning between mental-state sentences and brain-state sentences, and by analysing the implications of the theory of the molecular composition of matter, a kind of dualism is arrived at that no scientist should feel uncomfortable with. It is a dualism without mental substance but it does not deprive mental states of their…
Epistemology (3 works) · Philosophy (3 works) · Mathematics (2 works) · Psychology (2 works) · Absolute (philosophy) (1 works) · Abstraction (1 works) · Aesthetics (1 works) · Ambiguity (1 works) · Analytic philosophy (1 works) · Blame (1 works)