Mixed‐resource modeling meets the philosophy of mind

This essay argues for a mixed‐resource approach to scientific modeling and applies it to questions in philosophy of mind. A mixed‐resource approach makes use of whatever resources—at whatever scale, from whatever academic discipline—seem useful, freely combining such varied resources in individual models. The success of mixed‐resource modeling challenges the widely shared commitment to a personal level in the context of which mental states are to be studied in relative isolation. The adoption of a mixed‐resource perspective has the potential to transform treatment of further matters in philosophy of mind, which is illustrated by discussion of psychological Frege cases.