Observer Dependent Physicalism: A New Argument for Reductive Physicalism and for Scientific Realism

DOI10.1007/978-3-031-21655-8_12MaRDI QIDQ6152201zbMATH OpenFDO

Authors Meir Hemmo, Orly R. Shenker

Publication date 12 February 2024

Published in Mathematical Knowledge, Objects and Applications (Search for Journal in Brave)

zbMATH Keywords

Kripkereductionidentityexplanationrealismscientific realismphysicalismObserverfunctionalismnon-reductive physicalismbrute factsflat physicalism

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Physics (00A79) Philosophy of mathematics (00A30)

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