Reduction in philosophy of mind : a pluralistic account / Markus I. Eronen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Eronen, Markus I.

Series:

Epistemische Studien (Frankfurt am Main, Germany) ; Bd. 24.

Epistemische Studien : Schriften zur Erkenntnis- und Wissenschaftstheorie ; Bd. 24

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Philosophy of mind.

Reductionism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (193 p.)

Place of Publication:

Frankfurt ; New Brunswick : Ontos Verlag, 2011.

Language Note:

English

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 p

Contents:

pt. 1. Reduction in philosophy of science

pt. 2. Rethinking reduction in philosophy of mind

pt. 3. A new framework for philosophy of mind.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

3-11-033213-2

OCLC:

1013939895