| Title |
Reductionism and action predicates / |
| Another Title |
Reduktyvizmas ir veiksmus žymintys predikatai. |
| Authors |
Dranseika, Vilius |
| DOI |
10.15388/Problemos.2012.0.1873 |
| Full Text |
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| Is Part of |
Problemos.. Vilnius : Vilniaus universiteto leidykla. 2012, priedas, p. 51-62.. ISSN 1392-1126. eISSN 2424-6158 |
| Keywords [eng] |
action ; philosophy of ; reduction ; elimination ; multiple realization ; rationality |
| Abstract [eng] |
This article aims at characterizing discussions within the analytic philosophy of action on reductionist and antireductionist approaches to ordinary action predicates. Two antireductionist arguments - both of them directed against the possibility of extensionai equivalence of ordinary action predicates and scientific predicates - are identified as central in shaping the discussion, nameiy, the argument from multiple realizability and the argument from rationality constraints. The article ends with ashort discussion of practical considerations which, together with theoretical prospects for the reduction of ordinary action predicates, delineate possible scenarios of retentive and eliminative theory change in action theory. |
| Published |
Vilnius : Vilniaus universiteto leidykla |
| Type |
Journal article |
| Language |
English |
| Publication date |
2012 |
| CC license |
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