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Discussion: How to Reduce a Functional Psychology?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 April 2022

Patricia Kitcher
Patricia Kitcher*
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University of Vermont
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Philosophy of Science , Volume 47 , Issue 1 , March 1980 , pp. 134 - 140
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Copyright © Philosophy of Science Association 1980

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I commented on Robert Richardson's “The Autonomy of Psychology: Putnam's Modest Proposal” (1978) at the Eastern Division Meetings of the A.P.A. in December of 1978. At the time he sent me that paper, Professor Richardson kindly included a copy of the longer paper, “Functionalism and Reductionism” (1979), of which the A.P.A. paper was a part. I am grateful to several people, particularly N. J. Block and Philip Kitcher, for encouraging me to expand my A. P.A. comments into a reply to Professor Richardson's larger project. I am also grateful to an anonymous referee for Philosophy of Science whose perceptive comments led me to clarify some key points.

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