In search of an ontology for 4E theories: from new mechanism to causal powers realism
| Autor: | Joseph Vukov, Charles Lassiter |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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Philosophy of science
05 social sciences General Social Sciences Metaphysics 06 humanities and the arts 0603 philosophy ethics and religion 050105 experimental psychology Epistemology Focus (linguistics) Philosophy of language Philosophy Embodied cognition Mechanism (philosophy) 060302 philosophy Ontology 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences Sociology Realism |
| Zdroj: | Synthese. 199:9785-9808 |
| ISSN: | 1573-0964 0039-7857 |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s11229-021-03225-1 |
| Popis: | Embodied, embedded, enactive, and extended (4E) theorists do not typically focus on the ontological frameworks in which they develop their theories. One exception is 4E theories that embrace New Mechanism. In this paper, we endorse the New Mechanist’s general turn to ontology, but argue that their ontology is not the best on the market for 4E theories. Instead, we advocate for a different ontology: causal powers realism. Causal powers realism posits that psychological manifestations are the product of mental powers, and that mental powers are empirically-discoverable features of individuals that account for the causal work those individuals do. We contend that causal powers realism provides a unifying framework for the central commitments of 4E theories, as well as additional resources for theorizing in a 4E framework. And while New Mechanism offers some of these resources as well, we argue that causal powers realism is ultimately the better of the two. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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