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

Publication Info.	Frankfurt ; New Brunswick : Ontos Verlag, [2011]
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Description	1 online resource (189 pages) : illustrations.
Physical Medium	polychrome
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Series	Epistemische Studien : Schriften zur Erkenntnis- und Wissenschaftstheorie ; Bd. 24
	Epistemische Studien (Frankfurt am Main, Germany) ; Bd. 24.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references.
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.
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.
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Subject	Philosophy of mind.
	Philosophy of mind.
	Reductionism.
	Reductionism.
Genre/Form	Electronic books.
Other Form:	Print version: Eronen, Markus I. Reduction in Philosophy of Mind : A Pluralistic Account. Berlin : De Gruyter, ©2011 9783110322910
ISBN	9783110332131 (electronic book)
	3110332132 (electronic book)
	3868381252
	9783868381252
	3110322919
	9783110322910
	9783868381252
	9783110322910

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