Volume 36, 1998
Philosophy of Religion
William F. Vallicella
Pages 203-208
Classical Theism and Global Supervenience Physicalism
Could a classical theist be a physicalist? Although a negative answer to this question may seem obvious, it turns out that a case can be made for the consistency of a variant of classical theism and global supervenience physicalism. Although intriguing, the case ultimately fails due to the weakness of global supervenience as an account of the dependence of mental on physical properties.