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    Challenges→Type physicalism is not a necessary condition for physicalism

    Jaegwon Kim's causal exclusion argument shows that non-identical higher-level properties lack genuine causal efficacy, making token physicalism explanatorily vacuous.

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    • 1.If higher-level properties are non-identical to physical properties, they cannot do causal work already done by their physical bases without causal overdetermination.
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    • 2.Causal overdetermination (two sufficient causes for one effect) is metaphysically costly and should be avoided absent compelling evidence.
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    • 3.Token physicalism denies higher-level properties identity with physical properties, making it vulnerable to causal exclusion without additional explanation.
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    • 1.Causal exclusion assumes a closed physical causal chain, but higher-level properties may constitute rather than duplicate physical causes.
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    • 2.Multiple realizability suggests higher-level properties have distinct causal powers unavailable to any single physical realizer, preserving causal efficacy.
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    • 3.The argument conflates 'lacks independent causal efficacy' with 'is explanatorily vacuous'—higher-level explanations remain indispensable despite physical sufficiency.
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