1st Edition

Supervenience and Realism

By Dalia Drai Copyright 1999
142 Pages
by Routledge

142 Pages
by Routledge

142 Pages
by Routledge

First published in 1999, this volume focuses on the relation of supervenience which plays a crucial role in contemporary philosophical discussions in diverse fields including the philosophy of mind, ethics and aesthetics. Contrasting the material and conceptual worlds, Dalia Drai questions what we are committed to when we adopt a position affirming determination but denying reduction. The answer... Read more

1. Supervenience. 2. Reduction. 3. The Supervenience of Ethical Predicates. 4. The Supervenience of Mental Predicates. 5. From Supervenience to Anti-Realism.

Biography

Dalia Drai