Mental Events
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"Mental Events" is a seminal 1970 paper by philosopher Donald Davidson that develops his influential theory of anomalous monism, arguing that mental events are identical with physical events while lacking strict psychophysical laws.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Mental Events canonical | 1 |
| Mental Events Revisited | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2709472 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Mental Events Context triple: [Donald Davidson, notableWork, Mental Events]
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A.
Mind
Mind is a leading peer-reviewed philosophy journal, especially known for influential work in analytic philosophy and the philosophy of language.
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The "Mental" and the "Physical"
"The 'Mental' and the 'Physical'" is a seminal philosophical work by Herbert Feigl that defends a scientific realist and identity-theoretic account of the relationship between mind and body.
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C.
The Concept of Mind
The Concept of Mind is a 1949 philosophical work by Gilbert Ryle that critiques Cartesian dualism and introduces the idea of mental concepts as dispositions rather than inner ghostly states.
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D.
Analysis of the Phenomena of the Human Mind
Analysis of the Phenomena of the Human Mind is an influential 1829 work of associationist psychology and philosophy by James Mill that systematically examines mental processes through the principles of association.
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E.
Other Minds
Other Minds is a philosophical work by J. L. Austin that examines how we talk about and justify knowledge of other people's mental states.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Mental Events Target entity description: "Mental Events" is a seminal 1970 paper by philosopher Donald Davidson that develops his influential theory of anomalous monism, arguing that mental events are identical with physical events while lacking strict psychophysical laws.
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A.
Mind
Mind is a leading peer-reviewed philosophy journal, especially known for influential work in analytic philosophy and the philosophy of language.
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B.
The "Mental" and the "Physical"
"The 'Mental' and the 'Physical'" is a seminal philosophical work by Herbert Feigl that defends a scientific realist and identity-theoretic account of the relationship between mind and body.
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C.
The Concept of Mind
The Concept of Mind is a 1949 philosophical work by Gilbert Ryle that critiques Cartesian dualism and introduces the idea of mental concepts as dispositions rather than inner ghostly states.
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D.
Analysis of the Phenomena of the Human Mind
Analysis of the Phenomena of the Human Mind is an influential 1829 work of associationist psychology and philosophy by James Mill that systematically examines mental processes through the principles of association.
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E.
Other Minds
Other Minds is a philosophical work by J. L. Austin that examines how we talk about and justify knowledge of other people's mental states.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
academic article
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philosophical paper ⓘ |
| arguesAgainst |
Cartesian dualism
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reductive materialism ⓘ type identity theory ⓘ |
| author | Donald Davidson ⓘ |
| claims |
mental events are identical with physical events
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mental events can be causes and effects of physical events ⓘ there are no strict psychophysical laws ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| denies | existence of strict laws connecting mental predicates with physical predicates ⓘ |
| field |
metaphysics
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philosophy of mind ⓘ |
| firstPublishedIn | Experience and Theory (edited volume) ⓘ |
| hasImpactOn |
metaphysics of causation
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philosophy of action ⓘ philosophy of psychology ⓘ |
| hasKeyTerm |
event identity
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supervenience of the mental on the physical ⓘ |
| hasSection |
The Anomalism of the Mental
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The Nomological Character of Causality ⓘ The Principle of Causal Interaction ⓘ |
| influenced |
David Lewis
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Jaegwon Kim ⓘ Jerry Fodor ⓘ contemporary debates on mental causation ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
G. E. M. Anscombe
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linked to:
Elizabeth Anscombe
W. V. O. Quine ⓘ
linked to:
Willard Van Orman Quine
logical behaviorism ⓘ logical positivism ⓘ |
| introducesConcept | anomalism of the mental ⓘ |
| isConsidered | seminal work in philosophy of mind ⓘ |
| isFrequentlyAnthologized | true ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainTopic |
anomalous monism
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mental causation ⓘ mind–body problem ⓘ token identity theory ⓘ |
| philosophicalPositionType | non-reductive physicalism ⓘ |
| proposesTheory | anomalous monism ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1970 ⓘ |
| reprintedIn | Essays on Actions and Events ⓘ |
| supportsThesis |
causal relations require strict laws at the physical level
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every mental event has a physical description ⓘ |
| supportsView | token physicalism ⓘ |
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Subject: Mental Events Description of subject: "Mental Events" is a seminal 1970 paper by philosopher Donald Davidson that develops his influential theory of anomalous monism, arguing that mental events are identical with physical events while lacking strict psychophysical laws.
Referenced by (2)
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linked to: Mental Events