Bucky
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Agreed. I am not sure that "nothing" is a synonym for irreducible, though.I think he's saying some aspects of human characteristics are irreducible? Braude has a paper on this in his book Crimes of Reason, about the incoherence of trying to associate things like friendliness with a particular clump of nerves.
Nah... philosophy needs to be boooring :DI read the paper earlier this month but I'll have to revisit it a few times before I can really grasp the argument. I feel like there are some obvious objects that might've been more clearly addressed, but then I think a lot of philosophy papers might benefit from some illustrative diagrams or even a few cartoons...