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Journal for the Theory of Social Behaviour, Volume 56, Issue 2, June 2026.ABSTRACT Progress and dialogue in cultural analysis are often hindered by analysts' reliance on implicit ontic claims, namely, foundational, unstated assumptions about the expected properties and typical characteristics of cultural kinds, thus precluding proper debate and theoretical progress.
Omar Lizardo
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Zygon, 1999 Nancey Murphy has been influential in the religion‐and‐science field through her espousal of the work of Imre Lakatos, more recently developed into a three‐tier approach to the joint epistemology of scientific and religious thought incorporating also ...
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Consciousness: A Molecular Perspective
Philosophies, 2017 This perspective examines the role of chemistry and molecular biology for a science of consciousness. Opposed to the consensus view, we argue that the molecular organization of biological systems is key to arrive at a thorough understanding of the ...
Robert Prentner
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Social movements and the synecdoche problem
Noûs, Volume 60, Issue 2, Page 385-412, June 2026.Abstract Social movements are central to our contemporary understanding of social change. Accordingly, we should want to be able to say what it is that makes social movements special; that is, to say what it is that movements in their entirety have that random samples of people and organizations within the movement do not have.
Megan Hyska
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Predictive processing's flirt with transcendental idealism
Noûs, Volume 60, Issue 1, Page 87-109, March 2026.Abstract The popular predictive processing (PP) framework posits prediction error minimization (PEM) as the sole mechanism in the brain that can account for all mental phenomena, including consciousness. I first highlight three ambitions associated with major presentations of PP: (1) Completeness (PP aims for a comprehensive account of mental phenomena)
Tobias Schlicht
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Model‐Based Semantics: Doing Without Meaning Constitution
Metaphilosophy, Volume 57, Issue 1-2, Page 103-118, January 2026.Abstract This paper introduces a model‐based account of meaning, arguing that meaning properties reside in models rather than in the external world. Building on this view, it explores how such an instrumentalist framework can engage critically with various concerns raised by Wittgenstein, Quine, and Kripke[nstein]—each of whom voiced scepticism toward ...
Pietro Salis
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The spaces in the looking glass: stilling the frame/framing the still [PDF]
Философия и космология, 2015 The purpose of this writing is to propose a frame of view, a form as the eternal world element, that is compatible with paradox within the history of ideas, modern discovery as they confront one another.
Marvin E. Kirsh
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Correlations and How to Interpret Them
Information, 2019 Correlations between observed data are at the heart of all empirical research that strives for establishing lawful regularities. However, there are numerous ways to assess these correlations, and there are numerous ways to make sense of them.
Harald Atmanspacher, Mike Martin
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Fodor's Causal Argument and Unwarranted Supervenience Assumption; Examining Egan's Argument [PDF]
Journal of Philosophical InvestigationsIn this essay, I examine Fodor's argument in favor of psychological individualism and Egan's response. According to Fodor's causal argument, every scientific theory individualizes states or identities according to their causal powers.
Abbas Mahdavi
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Supervenience, Reduction, and Translation [PDF]
Philosophy of Science, 2019 This article considers the following question: What is the relationship between supervenience and reduction? I investigate this formally: first, by introducing a recent argument by Christian List to the effect that one can have supervenience without reduction; then, by considering how the notion of Nagelian reduction can be related to the formal ...
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