Towards Platonic Panpsychism: The Timaean metaphysics as a possible solution to the combination problem.

迈向柏拉图泛心论：蒂迈亚形而上学作为组合问题的可能解决方案。

• 批准号: 2388731
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: King's College London
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Studentship
• 财政年份: 2020
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2020 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=studentship-2388731
• 关键词: Towards; Platonic; Panpsychism; Timaean; metaphysics

How does mentality fit into our metaphysical story of reality? In the Timaeus, Plato systematically questions the metaphysical structure of the Cosmos, investigating the relationship between physical reality and human soul. On the other hand, in recent times, a growing number of philosophers of mind have been advocating panpsychism, the view that mentality is a ubiquitous and fundamental feature of reality. I hold these traditions to be motivated by the same urgency: developing a convincing account of mind within a unified conception of nature. In my work, I shall defend a holistic reading of the Timaean metaphysics and investigate how such a model may contribute to solving some serious problems panpsychism is facing. Specifically, I shall contend that reading the relationship between the World Soul, the individual souls and matter in the Timaeus through the lens of a non-smallist version of panpsychism is key to answer the two following questions. Can the adoption of a panpsychist approach to mind and fundamentality help to develop a non-dualistic reading of the Timaeus? Can Plato's conception of the role of soul in the natural world help the panpsychist to design a viable model for her worldview, not affected by the combination problem?

心态是如何与我们形而上学的现实故事相吻合的？在《蒂迈奥》中，柏拉图系统地质疑了宇宙的形而上结构，研究了物质现实与人类灵魂之间的关系。另一方面，近年来，越来越多的心理哲学家一直在提倡泛心论，认为心理是现实的普遍和基本特征。我认为这些传统都是出于同样的紧迫性：在统一的自然概念中发展一种令人信服的心灵描述。在我的工作中，我将捍卫对Timaean形而上学的整体解读，并研究这种模式如何有助于解决泛心论面临的一些严重问题。具体来说，我认为通过一个非小版本的泛心论来解读蒂迈奥中世界灵魂，个体灵魂和物质之间的关系是回答以下两个问题的关键。采用泛心论者的方法来研究思想和根本，能帮助我们对蒂迈奥进行非二元论的解读吗？柏拉图关于灵魂在自然世界中的角色的概念能否帮助泛心论者为她的世界观设计一个可行的模型，而不受组合问题的影响？