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Reduction, Explanation, and Realism - Hardcover

 
9780198242734: Reduction, Explanation, and Realism
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0198242735 ISBN 13: 9780198242734
Publisher: Clarendon Press, 1992

Synopsis

What is reduction? Must all discussions of the mind, value, colour, biological organisms, and persons aim to reduce these to objects and properties that can be studied by more basic, physical science? Conversely, does failure to achieve a reduction undermine the legitimacy of higher levels of description or explanation? In recent years philosophers have attempted to avoid these traditional alternatives by developing an account of higher-level phenomena which shows them to be grounded in, but not reducible to, basic physical objects and properties. The contributors to this volume examine the motivations for such anti-reductionist views, and assess their coherence and success, in a number of different fields. Their essays constitute a unified discussion, into which the reader is led by an introductory chapter where the editors set out some of the central claims and questions.

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Review

`The essays are largely nontechnical and accessible to advanced undergraduates. Recommended for any library supporting at least a major in philosophy of psychology.'Humanities

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Publisher
Clarendon Press
Publication date
1992
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0198242735
ISBN 13 
9780198242734
Binding
Hardcover
Number of pages
488
Editor
Charles David, Lennon Kathleen