Reductive physicalists typically accept the causal argument for their view. On this score, Tiehen (2015) parts ways with his fellow reductive physicalists. Heretically, he argues that reductive physicalists should reject the causal argument. After presenting Tiehen's challenge, I defend the orthodoxy. Although not myself a reductive physicalist, I show how reductive physicalists can resist this challenge to the causal argument. I conclude with a positive suggestion about how reductive physicalists should use the causal argument.

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还原物理主义者应该拒绝因果论证吗？

还原物理主义者通常接受他们观点的因果论据。在这一点上，Tiehen (2015) 与他的其他还原物理主义者分道扬镳。异端地说，他认为还原物理主义者应该拒绝因果论点。提出铁痕的挑战后，我为正统辩护。虽然我自己不是还原物理主义者，但我展示了还原物理主义者如何抵抗对因果论证的这种挑战。我最后提出了一个关于还原物理主义者应该如何使用因果论证的积极建议。