¿Puede un dualismo naturalista resolver el problema de la ineficacia causal de lo mental?

Abstract

The doctrines denominated ‘nonreductive materialisms’ have been threatened in the last years their prevalence in the philosophy of mind realm as a consequence of a series of arguments leading to show that, inside that frame, the mental would lack causal powers. Within the alternatives explored to solve the problem the intent to return to dualists positions has been broadly minority. However, there have been some intents in that respect. The possibility that a ‘naturalistic dualism’ could res- pond satisfactorily to this contemporary problem of the mental causation is analysed in this article. It concludes that this form of dualism is not able to overcome difficulties presented by the traditional forms of dualism, for it does not constitute an advance regarding to these.