Furthermore, it provides a resolution of the long-standing debate between empiricism and realism. Craig Dilworth, The Metaphysics of Science: An Account of Modern Science in Terms of Principles, Laws and Theories, 2nd Ed, Boston Studies in the Philosophy of Science, Vol. 173, Springer, Amsterdam, 2007.

In this respect, an opera is like a living thing—like a porcupine, say. Joseph Raz, The Practice of Value, Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2005, p. 78.

The painter might be at a loss to paint a picture of an idea, especially if he is not familiar with conceptual art. Gilbert Harman, “The Intrinsic Quality of Experience”, in Philosophical Perspectives, Vol. 4, Action Theory and Philosophy of Mind, 1990, pp. 31–52.

Nathan Coley, There Will Be No Miracles Here, 2006.

Steven E. Boër and William G. Lycan, “Who, Me?”, in The Philosophical Review, Vol. 89, No. 3, July 1980, pp. 427–466. Takashi Yagisawa, “Yes, You!”, in Philosophia, Vol. 17, No. 2, March 1987, pp. 169-186. Steven E. Boër and William G. Lycan, “Yes, Who?”, in Philosophia, Vol. 17, No. 2, March 1987, pp. 187-190.

“sometimes selection is like kissing” Shapiro, Larry, and Elliott Sober. 2007. “Epiphenomenalism—The Do’s and the Don’ts”, in Peter Machamer and Gereon Wolters (Ed.), Studies in Causality: Historical and Contemporary, University of Pittsburgh Press, Pittsburgh. [PDF]

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