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An additional heterogeneity hypothesis

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 June 2010

Guy Dove
Guy Dove
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Department of Philosophy, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY 40297. guy.dove@louisville.edu
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Abstract

In this commentary, I make three points concerning Machery's response to neo-empiricism. First, his methodological critique fails to remove the threat that neo-empiricism poses to his conceptual eliminativism. Second, evidence suggests that there are multiple semantic codes, some of which are not perceptually based. Third, this representational heterogeneity thwarts neo-empiricism but also raises questions with respect to how we should “do without concepts.”

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Open Peer Commentary
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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 33 , Issue 2-3 , June 2010 , pp. 209 - 210
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2010

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