The Type-Token Distinction and the Mind and Brain Sciences
Griesel, Carsten (2008) The Type-Token Distinction and the Mind and Brain Sciences. In [2008] Reduction and the Special Sciences (Tilburg, April 10-12, 2008).
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Abstract
This paper is an analysis of scientific types – the categories of a scientific taxonomy. I argue that the philosophical view about mental types stands in contrast to the real nature of scientific types, which is in turn responsible for the mind-body problem. Since the view on the relation between psychology and neurology was broadened to the status about special sciences in general, my argument can also be applied to the general special science discussion. My picture of types being the result of categorizing tokens with respect to their micro structure is used to show how scientific practice makes multiple realizability implausible.
| Keywords: | Natural Kinds; Unity of Science; Mind-Body Problem; Identity Theory of Mind; Physicalism |
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| Subjects: | Specific Sciences: Biology: Neuroscience Specific Sciences: Psychology/Psychiatry General Issues: Laws of Nature General Issues: Reductionism/Holism General Issues: Explanation Specific Sciences: Cognitive Science General Issues: Philosophers of Science |
| Conferences and Volumes: | [2008] Reduction and the Special Sciences (Tilburg, April 10-12, 2008) |
| ID Code: | 3860 |
| Deposited By: | Griesel, Carsten |
| Deposited On: | 31 January 2008 |