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What is reduction? Must all discussions of the mind, value, color, 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? Though reduction has long been a favorite method of analysis in all areas of philosophy, 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, including moral and mental philosophy, psychology, organic biology, and the social sciences.
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David Charles is a Fellow in Philosophy at Oriel College in Oxford. Kathleen Lennon is a Lecturer in Philosophy at the University of Hull.
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`The essays are largely nontechnical and accessible to advanced undergraduates. Recommended for any library supporting at least a major in philosophy of psychology.'
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- PublisherOxford University Press
- Publication date1992
- ISBN 10 0198242735
- ISBN 13 9780198242734
- BindingHardcover
- LanguageEnglish
- Edition number1
- Number of pages488
- EditorCharles David, Lennon Kathleen
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