Construction and Cognition

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Published 01-05-2009
DOI https://doi.org/10.1387/theoria.439
Catherine Z. Elgin

Abstract

The Structure of Appearance presents a phenomenalist system which constructs enduring visible objects out of qualia. Nevertheless Goodman does not espouse phenomenalism. Why not? In answering this question this paper explicates Goodman's views about the nature and functions of constructional systems, the prospects of reductionism, and the character of epistemology.

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Elgin, C. Z. (2009). Construction and Cognition. THEORIA. An International Journal for Theory, History and Foundations of Science, 24(2), 135–146. https://doi.org/10.1387/theoria.439
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Keywords

Nelson Goodman, construction, reduction, phenomenalism, constructional systems

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Vol. 24 No. 2 (2009): Construction and Reduction: New Essays in Honour of Nelson Goodman
Section
MONOGRAPHIC SECTION

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