The Multiple Realization Book

Thomas W. Polger And Lawrence A. Shapiro Provide A Full Investigation Of Multiple Realisation - The Idea That Minds Can Be Realised In Ways Other Than The Human Brainches They Cast Doubt On The Hypothesis And Give An Alternative Framework For Understanding Explanations In The Cognitive Sciences, And In Chemistry, Biology, And Related Fields. Machine Generated Contents Note: Pt. I Whence Multiple Realization? -- 1. Physicalism And Multiple Realization -- 2. Realization And Multiple Realization -- 3. What Is Multiple Realization? -- 4. Multiple Realization And Relevant Differences -- Pt. Ii The Evidence For Multiple Realizability -- 5. Evidence For Multiple Realization: Neural Plasticity -- 6. Evidence For Multiple Realization: Kind Splitting And Comparative Evidence -- 7. The Likelihood Of Multiple Realizability -- 8. The Computationalist Argument For Multiple Realizability -- Pt. Iii After Multiple Realization -- 9. Putnam's Revenge -- 10. Mental Causation And The Autonomy Of Psychology. Thomas W. Polger & Lawrence A. Shapiro. Includes Bibliographical References (pages 229-247) And Index.