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  • adjective Relating to a covariation or covariance

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Examples

  • Thus, Mill's dynamical account of emergence (heteropathic interactions) differs importantly from the synchronic, noncausal covariational account of the relationship of emergent features to the conditions that give rise to them that C.

    Emergent Properties O'Connor, Timothy 2006

  • This step of the argument appeals to externalism about mental content (Putnam 1975, Burge 1979), specifically some sort of causal covariational theory (see the entry externalism about mental content).

    Inverted Qualia Byrne, Alex 2006

  • If one maps Huw's covariational notion onto Simon and Jamie's explanatory notion, the overall pictures look strikingly similar.

    fragments of consciousness 2008

  • One might expect a more global pragmatist such as Huw to deny the need for a distinction, but in fact Huw suggested that one can remake the distinction in terms of two notions of representation: a sort of inferential / internal notion, according to which all these discourses are representational, and a sort of covariational / external notion, according to which scientific discourse is representational but ethical discourse is not.

    fragments of consciousness 2008

  • One might expect a more global pragmatist such as Huw to deny the need for a distinction, but in fact Huw suggested that one can remake the distinction in terms of two notions of representation: a sort of inferential / internal notion, according to which all these discourses are representational, and a sort of covariational / external notion, according to which scientific discourse is representational but ethical discourse is not.

    fragments of consciousness 2008

  • If one maps Huw's covariational notion onto Simon and Jamie's explanatory notion, the overall pictures look strikingly similar.

    fragments of consciousness 2008

  • One might expect a more global pragmatist such as Huw to deny the need for a distinction, but in fact Huw suggested that one can remake the distinction in terms of two notions of representation: a sort of inferential / internal notion, according to which all these discourses are representational, and a sort of covariational / external notion, according to which scientific discourse is representational but ethical discourse is not.

    fragments of consciousness 2008

  • If one maps Huw's covariational notion onto Simon and Jamie's explanatory notion, the overall pictures look strikingly similar.

    fragments of consciousness 2008

  • One might expect a more global pragmatist such as Huw to deny the need for a distinction, but in fact Huw suggested that one can remake the distinction in terms of two notions of representation: a sort of inferential / internal notion, according to which all these discourses are representational, and a sort of covariational / external notion, according to which scientific discourse is representational but ethical discourse is not.

    fragments of consciousness 2008

  • If one maps Huw's covariational notion onto Simon and Jamie's explanatory notion, the overall pictures look strikingly similar.

    fragments of consciousness 2008

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