Reduction in Philosophy of Mind : : A Pluralistic Account / / Markus I. Eronen.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DGBA Backlist Complete English Language 2000-2014 PART1
• VerfasserIn: Eronen, Markus I.,
• Place / Publishing House: Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter, , [2013]; ©2011
• Year of Publication: 2013
• Language: English
• Series: Epistemische Studien / Epistemic Studies : Philosophy of Science, Cognition and Mind , 24
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (189 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; CONTENTS --; Acknowledgements --; Introduction --; PART I: Reduction in Philosophy of Science --; PART II: Rethinking Reduction in Philosophy of Mind --; PART III: A New Framework for Philosophy of Mind --; References
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9783110332131; 9783110238570; 9783110238488; 9783110636949; 9783110331226; 9783110331219
• ISSN: 2198-1884
• DOI: 10.1515/9783110332131
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Markus I. Eronen.

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 philosophy of mind, and show how reductionist ideas can be incorporated into it. This leads to a novel synthesis of pluralism and reductionism that I call pluralistic physicalism.