interactionist
nounEtymology From interaction + ist.
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Human sciences, Philosophy, Sciences One who studies or subscribes to interactionism.
- This view, which we may call interactionist property dualism, differs from the previous view in only one essential respect: the interactionist asserts that mental properties do indeed have causal effects on the brain, and thereby, on behavior.1986, Paul M. Churchland, Matter and Consciousness, Cambridge, Massachusetts; London, England: The MIT Press, →ISBN, page 12:
- Related terms
- interaction