Single Idea 4602

[catalogued under 17. Mind and Body / D. Property Dualism / 1. Reductionism critique]

Full Idea

The categories embedded in a higher-level science (psychology, for instance) designate genuine properties of objects, which are not reducible to properties found in sciences at lower levels.

Gist of Idea

Higher-level sciences designate real properties of objects, which are not reducible to lower levels

Source

John Heil (Philosophy of Mind [1998], Ch.4)

Book Reference

Heil,John: 'Philosophy of Mind' [Routledge 1998], p.117


A Reaction

This isn't an argument against reductionism. It is obviously true that someone with a physics degree won't make a good doctor. It's these wretched 'property' things again. Is 'found repulsive by me' a property terrorists?