Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An adherent of the metaphysical theory of interactionism.
- Consonant to the metaphysical theory of interactionism.
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Examples
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The key development here is a switch from prior non-causal, parallelist views to a new causal, or "interactionist" interpretation that ascribes to inner experience an integral causal control role in brain function and behavior.
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I'm reminded of David Chalmers '"Moving Forward on the Problem of Consciousness" where it's mentioned "It is interesting that philosophers reject interactionist dualism because they think it is incompatible with physics, whereas physicists reject the relevant interpretations of quantum mechanics because they are dualistic!"
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Again: A dualist/interactionist believes that mental states are (at least sometimes) immaterial causes, so that we can have a change of mind without any associated change in our brain.
Bunny and a Book 2008
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Philip Kitcher has referred to this as the ˜interactionist consensus™ (Kitcher 2001).
The Distinction Between Innate and Acquired Characteristics Griffiths, Paul 2009
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From passages such as the ones we have just quoted one might infer that he was an interactionist who thought that there are causal interactions between events in the body and events in the soul, but this is by no means the only interpretation that has been put forward.
Descartes and the Pineal Gland Lokhorst, Gert-Jan 2008
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Everyone is an interactionist these days, in some sense of “interaction.”
The Human Genome Project Gannett, Lisa 2008
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And from an interactionist labling perspective, does labeling the lone actor a terrorist mean that we are creating a label that can be used/misused by others that might be disturbed, lonely and/or newly radicalized seeking a fantasy in which to validate themselves.
Is That Legal?: In Defense of Worrying About The Word "Terrorist" 2006
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Whether or not Descartes actually held this interactionist position is, as discussed earlier, a matter of controversy, but even in Descartes™ time the list of the critics of interactionism was a long one.
Occasionalism Lee, Sukjae 2008
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He was a dualistic interactionist, who thought that the rational soul and the body have a causal influence on each other.
Descartes and the Pineal Gland Lokhorst, Gert-Jan 2008
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The symbolic-interactionist paradigm rests on the assumption that in every situation in which individuals interact, social order is created anew.
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