Hi all, Jordi Fernandez will present the next Philosophy Research Seminar at Macquarie Tuesday 9 September, 11-1 W6A Rm 720
Reduction and Levels of Reality Jordi Fernandez & Suzanne Bliss Abstract We evaluate the scope of Jaegwon Kim’s ‘causal exclusion’ argument for reduction. Does its conclusion only apply to psychology or does it generalize to all the special sciences? The question of whether reduction generalizes is ambiguous: We distinguish three readings of it. Some of them warrant a positive answer whereas others warrant a negative answer. This ambiguity concerns a hierarchical picture of the world with the domain of physics at the bottom and the domains of the social sciences at the top, which is not precise enough and, nonetheless, it often underlies discussions on reduction and the special sciences. all are welcome. Further details of the seminar series can be found at http://www.phil.mq.edu.au/events/index.html Cynthia Townley Philosophy Department Macquarie University Sydney NSW 2109 Australia Tel: +61 2 9850 8812 Fax: +61 2 9850 8892 _______________________________________________ SydPhil mailing list [email protected] List Info: http://lists.arts.usyd.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/sydphil NEW LIST ARCHIVE: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/
