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	Mental event - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		For example, if Mary is walking through a park and she sees City Hall, that instance of seeing City Hall is an instance of perception—something that is supposed to be going on in Mary's mind.
		It is an event because it is something that happens, and it is mental because it happens in someone's mind.
		If Mary thinks to herself, "I am a human being," that thought is a mental event; if she feels happy after doing well on an exam, that is a mental event.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Mental_event (181 words)

	Mental Causation
		Mental properties are alleged to have, not just one, but up to four features that make their causal relevance philosophically puzzling, no less problematic than mind-body interaction is for the substance dualist.
		But the same sorts of problems arise whatever entities — events, substances, states of affairs, etc. — one takes to be the causal relata, and there is no need to take a stand on this particular issue (see causation: the metaphysics of, §1) for the purposes of this article.
		For the property dualist, mental properties — and here the mental properties taking center stage are the phenomenal properties of conscious experience — are sui generis, not reducible to the dispositional or structural properties recognized by the physical sciences (see dualism).
	plato.stanford.edu /entries/mental-causation (10871 words)

	Anomalous Monism
		Davidson essentially restricts the class of mental events with which Anomalous Monism is concerned to that of the propositional attitudes – states and events with psychological verbs such as ‘believes’, ‘desires’, ‘intends’ and others that subtend ‘that’- clauses, which relate subjects to propositional contents such as ‘it is raining outside’.
		That mental event is also a physical event (as is the action it explains), according to Anomalous Monism, because it stands in causal relations (the interaction principle), and thus (given the cause-law and anomalism principles) must instantiate physical (strict-law) properties.
		Mental properties are causally relevant, according to this principle, because their instantiations are also instances of nomic properties, and nomic properties are paradigm examples of causally relevant properties.
	plato.stanford.edu /entries/anomalous-monism (19087 words)

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		All of that, however, is consistent with the truth that neither the greenness nor the Frenchness of the pears was relevant to the event of the pears’ being put on the scale in so far as that event caused the pointer to move to the two-pound mark.
		In the case of a physical event which is an action, the mental event for Davidson is, very roughly, a belief and an attitude.
		The answer given is that he looks to neural events that on his view do in virtue of their physicality actually have the causal antecedents and effects that common sense somehow assigns to the intendings, events as mental.
	www.ucl.ac.uk /~uctytho/AnMon.htm (4308 words)

	Causation Commentaries
		The criterion of salience allows you to distinguish the conditions under which physical events are appropriately appealed to as causes and the conditions under which mental events are.
		Davidson seems to assume that mental and physical events are one and the same, differing only at the level of descriptions.) But that wouldn't leave the room you want to allow different properties (attributes) involved in an event to have different (causal vs epiphenomenal) roles in a particular cause-effect relation.
		Mental characteristics may be generically (causally?) dependent on merely some physical event > of a relevant type, but that does not mean that they are not dependent > on the physical, or that the physical characteristics are "epiphenomenal" with respect to them.
	www.california.com /~mcmf/cqmail5.html (2008 words)

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		Mental states of the kind in question are, by metaphysical necessity, causes of e; any state that does not cause e is thereby a different kind of state.
		Antony and Levine hope to show that mental properties possess distinctive causal powers by demonstrating the existence of regularities of a third kind: realization-indifferent regularities, which hold of various realizations of a given functionally defined property yet the holding of which is not part of the functional specification of that property.
		The functionalist might agree that mental properties are individuated causally, i.e., in terms of the causal roles of their realizers, but at the same time claim that the relevant connection between second-order functional properties and the relevant aspects of their “effects” is one of causal relevance, not causality itself.
	spot.colorado.edu /~rupertr/PMNENsFnl.doc (10266 words)

	Hyponoetics - Glossary - [Thinking - 5]
		It logically follows from that in turn that the first conjunct of materialism is false, because that is the claim that mental events are physical.
		It also follows that it is false that only physical events exist from the premisses that there exist mental events and that no mental event is identical with any physical event.
		Dualists correctly maintain that no mental event is physical and that no physical event is mental but falsely believe in the interface problem.
	www.hyponoesis.org /html/glossary/think_e.html (1200 words)

	Philosophy of Mind and Metaphysics
		Physical-to-Mental: Events in the physical realm—e.g., dropping a bowling ball on one’s toe—cause events in the mental realm—e.g., a severe pain.
		Mental-to-Mental: Events (or states) in the mental realm—e.g., one’s belief that the earth is round—cause other events (or other states) in the mental realm—e.g., one’s belief that no ship will fall off the edge of the earth.
		Qualia: “Sensory mental events and states, like seeing a red ripe tomato, smelling gasoline, experiencing a shooting pain in the arm, and the like, have distinctive “phenomenal” (or “phenomenological”) characters, that is, felt or sensed qualities, by means of which they are usually identified as sensations of a certain type.
	www.geocities.com /black_tim/355_Lecture_XIII.htm (1521 words)

	Mental Event Counting (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The task at hand [counting mental events] leaves little time for dwelling on and interpreting events; it takes the meaning out of thinking and releases spontaneity while increasing concentration." Emotions act as a kind of glue that holds the moments of a situation together.
		The exercise can also train us to develop a different perspective on the parts of innumerable mental events that we summarize with the term "self" or "ego." After doing this exercise for a while, you may find little remnant of the self that was actively doing the first few repetitions of the exercise.
		It transforms mental sluggishness and brings one's "wits up to speed." Since the exercise trains us to immediately let go of mental events, it breaks up the usual continuity of past learning and behavior, allowing creative insight and new behavior an opportunity to emerge.
	members.aol.com /rslts/mtlcnt.html (610 words)

	Mental event: Facts and details from Encyclopedia Topic (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		A mental event is a particular occurrence of something going on in the mind mind quick summary:
		The mind is the term most commonly used to describe the higher functions of the human brain, particularly those of which humans are subjectively conscious, such...
		A mental image is the representation of an idea in a persons mind....
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/m/me/mental_event.htm (335 words)

	Mental Health Association
		As the theme of Mental Health Week, October 9-15 is families, friends and intimate relationships, this year we are particularly encouraging the friends and family of our clients to attend on the day.
		The aim of the event is to have fun in a stress free environment.
		We will also be accessing teachers to raise their awareness of mental health through the creation of a resource folder.
	www.mentalhealth.asn.au /campaigns/eventcalendar.htm (1543 words)

	Mental Causation Seminar Notes, Week 4 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The Anomalism of the Mental: There are no strict deterministic laws with which mental events can be predicted/explained.
		Clearly this holism of the mental realm is a clue both to the autonomy and to the anomalous character
		The primacy of the physical: i) all mental* properties are instantiated in physical particulars and ii) all mental events are physical events, but not all physical events are mental events.
	comp.uark.edu /~efunkho/notes4.html (1693 words)

	Philosophy of Mind and Metaphysics
		M of mental event that occurs to an organism,
		Putting this another way, the mind-brain correlation thesis says that each type of mental event that can occur to an organism has a neural correlate that is both necessary and sufficient for its occurrence.
		simplicity, for if mental states are identical to physical states, there need be no laws to govern the correlation of mental states with physical states.
	www.geocities.com /black_tim/355_Lecture_X.htm (1000 words)

	Mental Health Foundation of Australia (Victoria)
		Mental Health Week October 8 -14 2006 aims to activate, educate and engage Victorians around mental health and related issues through the organisation of a huge variety of events by individuals and organisations across the state.
		We also support World Mental Health Day on October 10th which is aiming to emphasise the importance of good mental and physical health at every stage of life with the theme "Building Awareness - Reducing Risks: Suicide and Mental Illness".
		Alterations to event details may also be made up until this date.
	www.mentalhealthvic.org.au /mhw.asp (329 words)

	OPORD (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		A walkthrough of each event will be used to show cadets the layout for each event.
		Following the Mental Event will be movement back to the track for the Conceptual Event.
		At the end of the Conceptual Event, a final formation will be held and the winning team for each event will be announced.
	www.unr.edu /ROTC/documents/best_of_the_best.htm (523 words)

	Mental Causation Without Downward Causation (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		So the mental would have to be able to violate the laws of physics, or the laws of physics would have to be different inside and outside of brains, or there would have to be new fundamental physical forces that only appear in brains.
		Perhaps when one event occurs in virtue of another, or one fact obtains in virtue of another, or one property is exemplified in virtue of another, the dependent entity inherits the causal powers of the entity it depends on.
		So, for example, the mental properties of the cause are responsible for the mental properties of the effect, while the physical properties of the cause are responsible for the physical properties of the effect.
	www.unl.edu /philosop/people/faculty/gibbons/mencausa.htm (10308 words)

	beyondblue: the national depression initiative - Event: World Mental Health Day
		The theme for World Mental Health Day was the importance of children's mental health, with the national theme being 'Reduce Tears, Increase Cheers".
		The day provided an excellent opportunity to draw attention to the ever-increasing incidence of mental health problems in young people and to showcase the opportunities for prevention and early intervention.
		As part of this year's celebrations, a number of community forums were held across Australia; and a national launch held in Melbourne in conjunction with the Royal Children's Hospital 'Festival for Healthy Living Project'.
	www.beyondblue.org.au /index.aspx?link_id=4.46 (341 words)

	Mental Health Foundation of Australia (Victoria)
		The Mental Health Foundation of Australia (Victoria) is the oldest Mental Health Association in Australia, founded in 1930.
		The Mental Health Foundation of Australia (Victoria) membership encompasses people living with mental illness, family members, carers and friends, professionals from many fields, mental health service providers and interested members of the general public.
		The artwork is judged on its suitability to be reproduced to become the poster promoting Mental Health Week throughout Victoria.
	www.mentalhealthvic.org.au (685 words)

	Mental Causation Seminar, Week 10
		He thinks that this answer is suggested by the asymmetric necessitation of the mental by the physical.
		Further, even though determinables and their determinates do not causally exclude one another, Yablo argues that it very well might be the case that a determinable property is causally relevant in a particular case and not some of its determinates (or vice versa).
		He asserts what he calls a ‘trope monism.’ As Davidson thought all events (mental events in particular) are physical events, Robb holds that all tropes (physical tropes in particular) are physical tropes.
	comp.uark.edu /~efunkho/notes10.html (1552 words)

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		To place a new EVENT first find an appropriate EVENT branch of the ontology tree.
		Determine if it is a physical, mental, or social EVENT.
		It is sometimes difficult to categorize an event as a single type of event.
	crl.nmsu.edu /Research/Projects/mikro/lana/guidePlacingEv.html (156 words)

	Auction: Event aids mental health service (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The money was used to renovate a crisis residential unit that had been destroyed in a flood.
		Not to mention, it will be a fun night with "a lot of good people contributing to a worthy cause," he said.
		Mike Prestera is the son of Mike Prestera Sr., an early board member who died in a 1970 plane crash that killed Marshall football players, coaches and supporters.
	www.herald-dispatch.com /2005/April/25/LNtop1.htm (464 words)

	Austin Child Guidance Center :: CHILDREN SHARE THEIR STORIES AT MENTAL HEALTH EVENT
		Children and families helped by Austin Child Guidance Center will share their stories of hope, courage, and healing on Wednesday, September 28, 2005 from 12:00 p.m.
		Approximately 300 guests are expected to attend this fundraising luncheon underwritten by Silicon Laboratories. All donations will be used to support Austin Child Guidance Center ’s mission.
		Since its inception, Austin Child Guidance Center has provided mental health services to more than 100,000 children up to age 17 and their family members in Travis County and surrounding areas. Austin Child Guidance Center has trained more than 500 mental health professionals pursuing master and doctorate degrees in the mental health field.
	www.austinchildguidance.org /news.jsp?pageId=2161392210281127401582288 (223 words)

	MMU - Event - Conference: Mental Health and Student Experience (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Do mental health issues affect the learning process or does the learning process impinge on the student's mental health?
		A day of discussions around the emotional impact of learning; includes workshops on eating disorders, drugs and alcohol and self-harm.
		Steve Potter, Director of Counselling University of Manchester.
	www.mmu.ac.uk /staff/news/event_item.php?id=376 (80 words)

	No match for mental event (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Sorry, the term mental event is not in the dictionary.
		Nearby terms: Mendelssohn Moses « mens « mental content « mentalism » mention » mereology » Merleau-Ponty Maurice
		Last modified: Sat Feb 17 16:22:35 GMT 2001
	lgxserver.uniba.it /lei/foldop/foldoc.cgi?mental+event (47 words)

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