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Progress: Progress is the forward movement towards a desired goal. It can be measured through technological advancement, social change, or personal development. See also Process, Change, Measurements, Learning, Stages of development._____________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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David Chalmers on Progress - Dictionary of Arguments
I 55 Progress/Revisability/Science/Chalmers: a statement that once seemed conceptually true may turn out to be false. (Quine, 1951) (1). But this does not apply to supervenience conditionals, which we consider with the form: "If the facts of a lower level turn out to be so and so, the facts of a higher level will be that and that. >Supervenience, >Levels/order, >Description Levels. The facts specified in the antecedent include all relevant empirical factors. Empirical evidence may show that the antecedent is false, but not that the whole conditional is false. >Conditionals, >Facts, >Truth, >Relevance, >Evidence. 1. W. V. O. Quine, Two Dogmas of Empiricism, Philosophical Review 60, 1951: pp.20-43._____________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. |
Cha I D. Chalmers The Conscious Mind Oxford New York 1996 Cha II D. Chalmers Constructing the World Oxford 2014 |