Philosophia Naturalis 47 (1-2):183-219 (2010)
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In this paper, the relation between identity-based reduction and one specific sort of reductive explanation is considered. The notion of identity-based reduction is spelled out and its role in the reduction debate is sketched. An argument offered by Jaegwon Kim, which is supposed to show that identity-based reduction and reductive explanation are incompatible, is critically examined. From the discussion of this argument, some important consequences about the notion of reduction are pointed out.
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Keywords | Reductive Explanation Bridge Laws Theory Reduction Explanation |
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DOI | 10.3196/003180211796334138 |
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