Philosophy Dictionary of ArgumentsHome
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| Reduction, philosophy: reduction is the tracing back of a set of statements to another set of statements by rephrasing and replacing concepts of a subject domain by concepts from another subject domain. There must be conditions for the substitutability of a concept from the first domain by a concept from the second domain. An example of a reduction is the tracing back of mental concepts to physical concepts or to behavior. See also bridge laws, reductionism, translation, identity theory, materialism, physical/psychical, physicalism, eliminationism, functionalism, roles, indeterminacy._____________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. | |||
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Anita Avramides on Reduction - Dictionary of Arguments
I 78 Meaning/Grice/reduction/psychology/semantics/Avramides: Question: must the analysis use psychological terms which are not based on the semantic concepts first analyzed? >Meaning theory. Loar: yes, you can analyze propositional attitudes without semantic concepts of public language.(1) >Meaning theory/Loar. In what sense is the psychological more fundamental than the semantic? - There are several different types of asymmetry. Griceans: hope for scientific discoveries in the future. AvramidesVs: that already anticipates further reduction to the physical. >Reductionism. 1. Brian Loar (1981). Mind and Meaning. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press._____________Explanation of symbols: Roman numerals indicate the source, arabic numerals indicate the page number. The corresponding books are indicated on the right hand side. ((s)…): Comment by the sender of the contribution. Translations: Dictionary of Arguments The note [Concept/Author], [Author1]Vs[Author2] or [Author]Vs[term] resp. "problem:"/"solution:", "old:"/"new:" and "thesis:" is an addition from the Dictionary of Arguments. If a German edition is specified, the page numbers refer to this edition. |
Avr I A. Avramides Meaning and Mind Boston 1989 |
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Ed. Martin Schulz, access date 2024-04-16