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Realization: Metaphysics, Mind, and Science

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2022

Robert A. Wilson
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Abstract

This paper surveys some recent work on realization in the philosophy of mind and the philosophy of science.

Type
Realization and Explanation in Neuroscience
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Philosophy of Science , Volume 71 , Issue 5: Proceedings of the 2002 Biennial Meeting of The Philosophy of Science Association. Part II: Symposia Papers , December 2004 , pp. 985 - 996
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Copyright © 2004 by the Philosophy of Science Association

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Footnotes

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I would like to thank Carl Craver for both the invitation to participate in the PSA symposium on realization and neuroscience and his comments on the penultimate version. Thanks also to my coparticipants and the PSA audience for further food for thought.

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