...matter. In the words of neurophysiological reductionist Paul Churchland, “mental phenomena (are] nothing but a particularly exquisite articulation of the basic properties of matter and energy” (‘995, 2!!). In Consciousness Explaine4 Daniel Dennett draws a colorful distinction between brain-events...

...metaphysical picture of the nature of the cosmos that is materialist to the core. As Paul Churchland writes, "Most scientists and philosophers would cite the presumed fact that humans have their origin in 4.5 billion years of purely chemical and biological evolution as a weighty consideration...

...epistemological norms? The contemporary naturalist Paul Churchland sees the landscape here with clarity: “Most scientists and philosophers would cite the...articulation of the basic properties of matter and energy.” 23 Some naturalists 21 Richard Dawkins, The Blind Watchmaker (New York: Norton, 1987), 6. 22 Letter...