Causal versus constitutivo: ¿Dónde debemos trazar los límites de la mente?

Juan Toro

doi:10.15446/ideasyvalores.v67n4Supl.73415

Causal versus constitutivo: ¿Dónde debemos trazar los límites de la mente?

Translated title of the contribution: Causal versus constitutive : Where to draw the boundaries of the mind?

Juan Toro

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Abstract

How can we know which entities cause mental processes and which entities constitute them? The relevance of this question increased after Adams’ and Aizawa’s objection to the extended mind theory. The article reconstructs some of the arguments in favor of the extended mind theory and of the externalism of consciousness. It then evaluates Kirchhoff’s proposal of a notion of constitution as a relation between levels. There is currently no basic agreement regarding the terms of the controversy, which renders the problem undecidable and weakens both positions alike.

Translated title of the contribution	Causal versus constitutive : Where to draw the boundaries of the mind?
Original language	Spanish
Journal	Ideas y Valores
Volume	67
Issue number	Suplemento 4
Pages (from-to)	93-111
ISSN	0120-0062
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.15446/ideasyvalores.v67n4Supl.73415
Publication status	Published - 15 Dec 2018

Keywords

Faculty of Humanities
Causality
Constitution
Externalism of consciousness
Extended Mind

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