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Multiple Realizability

Multiple Realizability is the philosophical thesis that a single mental state or property can be instantiated by diverse physical states across different organisms or systems, distinguishing it from type-identity theories by asserting that mental kinds are not reducible to specific neurophysiological kinds.

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46

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37

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2017–2026

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Multiple Realization and the Metaphysics of Reduction

Jaegwon Kim · Philosophy and Phenomenological Research · 1992 · 575 citations

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Multiple Realizability Revisited: Linking Cognitive and Neural States

William Bechtel, Jennifer Mundale · Philosophy of Science · 1999 · 482 citations · Full text

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The Multiple Realizability Argument Against Reductionism

Elliott Sober · Philosophy of Science · 1999 · 326 citations

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Multiple Realizability and Universality

Robert W. Batterman · The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science · 2000 · 246 citations

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Pressing the Flesh: A Tension in the Study of the Embodied, Embedded Mind?*

Andy Clark · Philosophy and Phenomenological Research · 2008 · 244 citations · Full text

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Authors

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  1. TW
    Thomas W. Polger

    University of Cincinnati, United States

    3 publications · 168 citations

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  2. CG
    Carl Gillett

    Illinois Wesleyan University, United States

    2 publications · 284 citations

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  3. LA
    Lawrence A. Shapiro

    University of Wisconsin–Madison, United States

    2 publications · 85 citations

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  4. DA
    Daniel A. Weiskopf

    Georgia State University, United States

    2 publications · 115 citations

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  5. EF
    Eric Funkhouser

    University of Arkansas at Fayetteville, United States

    2 publications · 43 citations

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Institutions

37

  1. University of Wisconsin–Madison

    Madison, United States

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    411 citations

  2. University of Cincinnati

    Cincinnati, United States

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    168 citations

  3. Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

    New Brunswick, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    53 citations

  4. University of Arkansas at Fayetteville

    Fayetteville, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    43 citations

  5. University of Cambridge

    Cambridge, United Kingdom

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    367 citations

  6. University of Alabama at Birmingham

    Birmingham, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    159 citations

  7. Tufts University

    Medford, United States

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    71 citations

  8. University of Washington

    Seattle, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    26 citations

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Venues

  1. Philosophy of Science

    9 publications · 1.1K citations

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  3. Philosophy of the Social Sciences

    POS · 3 publications · 315 citations

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  4. Australasian Journal of Philosophy

    3 publications · 202 citations

    3

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  5. The Journal of Philosophy

    3 publications · 370 citations

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