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Reduction in Philosophy of Mind : A Pluralistic Account / Markus I. Eronen.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Epistemische Studien / Epistemic Studies : Philosophy of Science, Cognition and Mind ; 24Publisher: Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter, [2013]Copyright date: ©2011Description: 1 online resource (189 p.)Content type:
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  • 9783110322910
  • 9783110332131
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • BD418.3
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  • online - DeGruyter
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  • Issued also in print.
Contents:
Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- PART I: Reduction in Philosophy of Science -- PART II: Rethinking Reduction in Philosophy of Mind -- PART III: A New Framework for Philosophy of Mind -- References
Summary: The notion of reduction continues to play a key role in philosophy of mind and philosophy of cognitive science. Supporters of reductionism claim that psychological properties or explanations reduce to neural properties or explanations, while antireductionists claim that such reductions are not possible. In this book, I apply recent developments in philosophy of science, particularly the mechanistic explanation paradigm and the interventionist theory of causation, to reassess the traditional approaches to reduction in philosophy of mind. I then elaborate and defend a pluralistic framework for philosophy of mind, and show how reductionist ideas can be incorporated into it. This leads to a novel synthesis of pluralism and reductionism that I call pluralistic physicalism.
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Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- PART I: Reduction in Philosophy of Science -- PART II: Rethinking Reduction in Philosophy of Mind -- PART III: A New Framework for Philosophy of Mind -- References

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The notion of reduction continues to play a key role in philosophy of mind and philosophy of cognitive science. Supporters of reductionism claim that psychological properties or explanations reduce to neural properties or explanations, while antireductionists claim that such reductions are not possible. In this book, I apply recent developments in philosophy of science, particularly the mechanistic explanation paradigm and the interventionist theory of causation, to reassess the traditional approaches to reduction in philosophy of mind. I then elaborate and defend a pluralistic framework for philosophy of mind, and show how reductionist ideas can be incorporated into it. This leads to a novel synthesis of pluralism and reductionism that I call pluralistic physicalism.

Issued also in print.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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