Gradualism, bifurcation and fading qualia.

When reasoning about dependence relations, philosophers often rely on gradualist assumptions, according to which abrupt changes in a phenomenon of interest can result only from abrupt changes in the low-level phenomena on which it depends. These assumptions, while strictly correct if the dependence...

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Published in:	Analysis Vol. 84; no. 2; pp. 301 - 311
Main Authors:	Sebastián, Miguel Ángel, Martínez, Manolo
Format:	Article
Published:	Oxford University Press / USA Apr2024
Subjects:	Gradualism Qualia Philosophers Vagueness (Philosophy) Bifurcation theory
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