Lexicon of Arguments

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I 138
Def reductionism/Fodor: roughly speaking, the connection of the token physicalism with the assumption that there are natural-kind predicates in ideal complete physics corresponding to the natural-kind predicates in all ideally completed individual sciences comprises reductionism. Reductionism: natural kind predicates correspond to natural kind predicates.
Fodor/thesis: reductionism is too strong a requirement for the individual sciences.
>Type/Token-Identity, >Type/Token, >Physicalism, >Identity theory, >Token-physicalism.
I 142
I argued that the co-extensions are nomologically necessary! Bridge laws are laws, too (FodorVs).
I 143
Reductionism does not guarantee an adequate vocabulary for all individual cases. >Vocabulary.
I 144
Def Reductionism/Fodor: natural kind predicates correspond to natural kind predicates (or the kinds are coextensive).
Def token physicalism/Fodor: an event corresponds to an event.
Def type physicalism/Fodor: a property corresponds to a property.

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