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Multiple Realization

Multiple Realization is the philosophical thesis that a single mental kind or property may be realized by diverse physical states across different systems, thereby distinguishing it from reductionist accounts that equate mental types with specific neurophysiological types.

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4.6K

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88

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64

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2017–2026

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Publications

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Mind in a physical world: an essay on the mind-body problem and mental causation

Choice Reviews Online · 1999 · 597 citations

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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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Kinds, Complexity and Multiple realization

Richard Boyd · Philosophical Studies · 1999 · 195 citations

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Authors

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  1. TW
    Thomas W. Polger

    University of Cincinnati, United States

    4 publications · 249 citations

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  2. LA
    Lawrence A. Shapiro

    University of Wisconsin–Madison, United States

    4 publications · 190 citations

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  3. KA
    Kenneth Aizawa

    Centenary College of Louisiana, United States

    4 publications · 213 citations

    4

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  4. MB
    Mark B. Couch

    Seton Hall University, United States

    3 publications · 80 citations

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  5. CG
    Carl Gillett

    Illinois Wesleyan University, United States

    2 publications · 284 citations

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Institutions

64

  1. University of Wisconsin–Madison

    Madison, United States

    5 h-index

    5 publications

    516 citations

  2. University of Cincinnati

    Cincinnati, United States

    5 h-index

    5 publications

    267 citations

  3. Centenary College of Louisiana

    Shreveport, United States

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    184 citations

  4. Akita Prefectural University

    Akita, Japan

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    84 citations

  5. IBM Research - Thomas J. Watson Research Center

    Yorktown Heights, United States

    2 h-index

    4 publications

    44 citations

  6. Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

    Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    53 citations

  7. Washington University in St. Louis

    St Louis, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    104 citations

  8. Delft University of Technology

    Delft, The Netherlands

    2 h-index

    5 publications

    238 citations

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Venues

  1. Philosophy of Science

    12 publications · 1.2K citations

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  2. Synthese

    6 publications · 226 citations

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  3. The Journal of Philosophy

    4 publications · 486 citations

    4

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  4. Frontiers in Psychology

    3 publications · 75 citations

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