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Opinion on the intersection of neurolinguistics, cognitive linguistics, and semantic rhetoric. [PDF]
Front Psychol, 2023 Zhang Q, Liu L.
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Natural Properties, Supervenience, and Mereology
Humana.Mente: Journal of Philosophical Studies, 2018 The interpretation of Lewis‘s doctrine of natural properties is difficult and controversial, especially when it comes to the bearers of natural properties.
Andrea Borghini, Giorgio Lando
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THE METAPHYSICS OF DOWNWARD CAUSATION: REDISCOVERING THE FORMAL CAUSE
Zygon, 2013 The methodological nonreductionism of contemporary biology opens an interesting discussion on the level of ontology and the philosophy of nature. The theory of emergence (EM), and downward causation (DC) in particular, bring a new set of arguments ...
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Semantyczne założenia sceptycyzmu kartezjańskiego (Semantic Presuppositions of Cartesian Skepticism) [PDF]
Analiza i Egzystencja, 2010 The paper purports to show that in order to formulate the hypothesis that all our beliefs are collectively false – which is taken to be the core of Cartesian skepticism – one must accept the presumption that semantic properties of subject`s beliefs ...
Krzysztof Posłajko
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Metaphysics of science between metaphysics and science [PDF]
, 2007 The paper argues that metaphysics depends upon science when it comes to claims about the constitution of the real world. That thesis is illustrated by considering the examples of global supervenience, the tenseless vs.
Esfeld, Michael
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Rogera Sperry’ego teoria świadomości
Zagadnienia Filozoficzne w Nauce, 2017 Roger W. Sperry (1913–1994) received the Nobel Prize for Physiology in 1981 for his outstanding scientific achievements in connection with the study of people with severed brain commissures.
Józef Bremer
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DIVINE AGENCY AND THE PRINCIPLE OF THE CONSERVATION OF ENERGY
Zygon, 2009 Many contemporary thinkers seeking to integrate theistic belief and scientific thought reject what they regard as two extremes. They disavow deism in which God is understood simply to uphold the existence of the physical universe, and they exclude any ...
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, 1999 After some preliminar clarifications, arguments for the supposed asymmetry of supervenience and determination, such as they are, are shown to be unsound. An argument against the supposed asymmetry is then constructed and defended against objections. This is followed by explanation of why the intuition of asymmetry is nonetheless so entrenched, and of ...
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Independence and the Levels of Selection
Philosophy, Theory, and Practice in BiologyThe idea that selection can go in opposite directions or, more generally, be independent at different levels is well entrenched in both the biological and philosophical literatures. However, this idea is difficult to render precise. On the face of it, it
Pierrick Bourrat
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Defending the use of the mutual manipulability criterion in the extended cognition debate. [PDF]
Front Psychol, 2022 Gillett AJ +3 more
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