Multiple Realization, Levels and Mechanisms
Teorema: International Journal of Philosophy 36 (2):53-68 (2017)
Abstract
This paper focuses on the framework for the compositional relations of properties in the sciences, or "realization relations", offered by Ken Aizawa and Carl Gillett (A&G) in a series of papers, and in particular on the analysis of "multiple realizations" they build upon it. I argue that A&G's analysis of multiple realization requires an account of levels and I try to show, then, that the A&G framework is not successful under any of the extant accounts of levels. There is consequently a real concern tha thte A&G framework for realization may not be viable.
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