PHIL 1301 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Reductionism, Speedstep, Multiple Realizability
14 Feb 2017
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Be very specific and precise with papers for example descartes is not just a dualist but a substance interaction blah blah. Use logical reasoning (like validity, soundness, etc. Avoid over quoting can make a point and refer to page number, or get quotes and then discuss that quote. If (cid:455)ou (cid:374)eed (cid:373)ore (cid:272)o(cid:373)(cid:373)e(cid:374)ts o(cid:374) paper go to offi(cid:272)e hours after it(cid:859)s due. Phenomenological fallacy to believe that our subjective reports of conscious states are actually describing properties of those states (eg. imp: objection 2. P1: if 2 things are numerically identical they have all the same properties. P3: c fibres are not in my foot (in my head, response to pain) C1: pain and c-fibres are not identical: objection 3. P2: your after images are yellow and not in physical space. P3: your brain processes are not yellow and are in physical space. C1: after images cannot be numerically identical to brain processes.
