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461Explanation, Emergence, and Quantum EntanglementPhilosophy of Science 72 (1): 114-127. 2005.This paper tries to get a grip on two seemingly conflicting intuitions about reductionism in quantum mechanics. On the one hand it is received wisdom that quantum mechanics puts an end to ‘reductionism’. Quantum-entanglement is responsible for such features of quantum mechanics as holism, the failure of supervenience and emergence. While I agree with these claims I will argue that it is only part of the story. Quantum mechanics provides us with thorough-going reductionist explanations. I will di…Read more
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23Physik, Philosophie und die Einheit der Wissenschaften: Nachruf auf Erhard ScheibePhilosophia Naturalis 46 (1): 5-7. 2009.
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639Einige Bemerkungen zum Prinzip der kausalen Abgeschlossenheit des PhysischenIn Jan Michel & Gernot Münster (eds.), Die Suche nach dem Geist, Mentis. pp. 35-53. 2013.The principle of the causal closure of the physical plays a central role in the philosophy of mind, especially as a premise in arguments for physicalism. In this paper I explore what role the principle can play in the argument for physicalism and whether the evidence we have for the principle allows for such a role or function.
Köln, NRW, Germany
Areas of Specialization
Metaphysics |
General Philosophy of Science |
17th/18th Century Philosophy |