American philosopher who developed the constitution theory of material objects — objects are constituted by matter but not identical to it — and a non-reductionist account of persons.
Persons and Bodies: the constitution theory of persons — a person is constituted by (but not identical to) a human body; they share properties contingently but have different essential properties. Saving Belief: a defense of commonsense intentionality against eliminativist reduction. Naturalism and the First-Person Perspective: consciousness is real but not reducible.
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