Meanings
plural interactionists
- human sciencesOne 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
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