Heat, philosophy of science: philosophically interesting about the notion of heat is that, unlike the case of pain, there can be an illusion of heat. Therefore the concept plays a special role in the question of the possible identity of the physical and the psychical. See also necessity a priori, necessity a posteriori, identity theory, rigidity._____________Annotation: The above characterizations of concepts are neither definitions nor exhausting presentations of problems related to them. Instead, they are intended to give a short introduction to the contributions below. – Lexicon of Arguments. |