Functional Reduction
Document Type:
Book Chapter
Article Type:
Theoretical
Disciplines:
Philosophy
Topics:
Neural Correlates of Consciousness
Deposited by:
Ned Block
Contact email:
ned.block@nyu.edu
Date of Issue:
2010
Editors:
Horgan, T., Sabates, M., Sosa, D.
Title of Book:
Supervenience in Mind
Number of Pages:
38
Publisher:
MIT Press
Place of Publication:
Cambridge MA
Alternative URL:
http://www.nyu.edu/gsas/dept/philo/faculty/block/papers/Kimfestschrift.pdf
Publish status:
Unpublished
Abstract:
This paper argues that the functional reduction picture of reductive explanation, a picture shared by proponents such as David Lewis and opponents such as Jaegwon Kim, David Chalmers and Frank Jackson, misses an important insight in the reductionist point of view