Representationalist physicalism
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20142645 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Raphael Van Riel (0000-0003-2061-8599, Ruhr‐Universität Bochum—Philosophy II Bochum Germany, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 88 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Pages | 887-898 |
| Publication date | 2022-10-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Theoria (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0040-5825 • E-ISSN: 1755-2567 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/theo.12410 |
| OpenAlex | W4281746981 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 13 |
In this paper, I discuss a view proposed by Carl Hempel in his paper Reduction: Ontological and Linguistic Facets, published in 1969. Here, Hempel suggested that questions regarding the identification of mental states with physiological states, the relation between sociological phenomena and individual behavioral states, and between biological and physicochemical states should be given what he calls a ‘linguistic’ interpretation. His main point is that whether or not an object is physical or biological depends on how it is, or can be, described. In this paper, I wish to, firstly, explicate Hempel's suggestion, and, secondly, explore one argument in favor of Hempel's account. I will suggest that there is at least one use of the term ‘physical’ in philosophical discourse (and, for that matter, of related terms such as ‘biological’, ‘mental’, ‘natural’ etc.) that should be cashed out in linguistic or representational terms
Aesthetics · Argument (complex analysis) · Epistemology · Identification (biology) · Identity (music) · Interpretation (philosophy) · Linguistics · Metaphysics · Natural (archaeology) · Natural kind · Object (grammar) · Physicalism · Relation (database) · Sociology · Supervenience · Computer Science · Ecology · Embodied and Extended Cognition · History · Medicine · Origins and Evolution of Life · Philosophy · Philosophy and History of Science · Psychology
Philosophy and Neuroscience
Explaining the Brain
The Structure of Science
Eliminative Materialism and the Propositional Attitudes
A Companion to the Philosophy of Mind
Nagelian Reduction beyond the Nagel Model
Problems in Philosophy
Identity, Asymmetry, and the Relevance of Meanings for Models of Reduction
The Concept of Reduction
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 0,33 |
| Citation span | 2023 - 2023 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |