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The rest of Kant's theory of judgment is then thoroughly cognitivist (Kitcher 1990) and non-reductive.
Kant's Theory of Judgment Hanna, Robert 2009
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A further issue needs to be mentioned in connection with the distinctions between non-reductive and reductive physicalism, and with
Physicalism Stoljar, Daniel 2009
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The latest issue of the Metanexus magazine The Global Spiral has a piece by Nancey Murphy on non-reductive physicalism.
Archive 2009-06-01 James F. McGrath 2009
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Lewis 'paraphrase argument for possible worlds does not consist in just pointing at our quantifying on ways the world could be, but also in providing independent motivations for taking such quantification at face value: a non-reductive account of possible worlds brings net theoretical utility, so that the ontological cost is compensated by a theoretical gain.
Impossible Worlds Berto, Francesco 2009
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The latest issue of the Metanexus magazine The Global Spiral has a piece by Nancey Murphy on non-reductive physicalism.
Evolution and Faith in the Blogosphere James F. McGrath 2009
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Nancey Murphy, non-reductive physicalism comments:
Evolution and Faith in the Blogosphere James F. McGrath 2009
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Luckily there are many scientists out there steadily investigating the systems approach and offering the same 'Science' support for that non-reductive approach to phenomena.
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And Gene Koo writes that Obamas "non-reductive rhetoric" means his inaugural speech can't be boiled-down to sound-bit ready clips.
Daily Digest: Through the Wormhole, Into the White House 2009
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Luckily there are many scientists out there steadily investigating the systems approach and offering the same 'Science' support for that non-reductive approach to phenomena.
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Predicate dualism is the view of most non-reductive physicalists, who maintain that the semantics of description for attributes of mind cannot be reduced to the descriptives used for physical structures or processes.
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