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Beyond reduction : philosophy of mind and post-reductionist philosophy of science / Steven Horst.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Horst, Steven W., 1960- author.
- Series:
- Philosophy of mind series.
- Philosophy of mind
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Philosophy of mind.
- Reductionism.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (ix, 228 pages) : illustrations
- Other Title:
- Philosophy of mind and post-reductionist philosophy of science
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2007.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Contemporary debates in philosophy of mind have been based upon the perception that mental phenomena like consciousness and intentionality are uniquely irreducible. However, philosophers of science reject this sort of reductionism. This book argues for a rethinking of the problem and urges a new perspective.
- Contents:
- Varieties of naturalism: what is a naturalistic philosophy of mind?
- Reduction and supervenience: the contemporary problematic in philosophy of mind
- The demise of reductionism in philosophy of science
- Reductionism and eliminativism reconsidered
- The explanatory gap and dualism reconsidered
- Nonreductive physicalism and mysterianism
- Two forms of pluralism
- The scope and plausibility of cognitive pluralist epistemology
- Cognitive pluralism and modal metaphysics
- Cognitive pluralism and naturalism.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Description based on print version record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-029558-9
- 0-19-991469-9
- 1-281-16514-X
- 9786611165147
- 0-19-804315-5
- 1-4356-2021-6
- OCLC:
- 183915590
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