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Quote: it is rational to redefine notions like heat to their causes; better control of reality, and fits nature at its causal joints
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reductionism
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science as experiment
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abstraction as part of language
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philosophy of science
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limitations of formalism
Topic:
consciousness
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We might not have made the redefinition [of subjective heat to molecular heat]. Bishop Berkely, for example, refused to accept such redefinitions. But … consequences: To get a greater understanding and control … fit nature at its causal joints. Google-1 Google-2
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Quote: concepts should fit nature at its causal joints Quote: Berkely refused to accept the redefinition of subjective concepts to objective ones
Topic: reductionism (51 items)
Topic: science as experiment (38 items)
Topic: abstraction as part of language (18 items)
Group: philosophy of science (10 topics, 377 quotes)
Topic: limitations of formalism (92 items)
Topic: consciousness (57 items)