Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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7551574 | Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part A | 2018 | 10 Pages |
Abstract
Putnam's criticisms of the identity theory attack a straw man. Fodor's criticisms of reduction attack a straw man. Properly interpreted, Nagel offered a conception of reduction that captures everything a physicalist could want. I update Nagel, introducing the idea of overlap, and show why multiple realization poses no challenge to reduction so construed.
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Authors
Lawrence Shapiro,