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David Papineau Quotes:

Ocupation: Philosopher

Life: b. September 30, 1947

Birthday: September 30

Of course, there remains the question of why we should find mind-brain identities so persistently counter-intuitive, if they are true. But this is a simple psychological question, and there are a number of plausible explanations. Indeed this is a topic that is quite extensively discussed outside philosophy, by developmental psychologists and theorists of religion among others, under the heading of 'intuitive dualism'. It is rather shocking that so few of the many philosophers working on 'the explanatory gap' are familiar with this empirical literature.

- David Papineau

source: "Physical". Interview with Richard Marshall, www.3ammagazine.com. April 8, 2013.

topic: Philosophy, Simple, Numbers, Developmental

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