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Isomorphism: Philosophical implications

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 December 1999

Edmond Wright
Affiliation:
Hon. Member SCR, Pembroke College, Oxford; 3 Boathouse Court, Trafalgar Road, Cambridge CB4 1DU, Englandeew20@hermes.cam.ac.uk

Abstract

The originator of the notion of structural isomorphism was the philosopher Roy Wood Sellars. Many modern philosophers are unaware how this notion vitiates their attacks on the concept of an internal sensory presentation. His view that this allowed for corrective feedback undercuts Palmer's belief that there is a mapping of objects. The privacy of subjective experience is also shown not to be inviolable.

Type
Open Peer Commentary
Copyright
© 1999 Cambridge University Press

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