Jeff Ricker wrote:
> Yeah . . . what Paul said!!  Because I have not studied in
> depth, or for a long time, philosophical discussions of reductionism (and
related
> concepts such as emergent properties, etc.), I have been struggling to
make clear to
> myself (and you) some half-formed thoughts I had about these issues and
how they
> applied to psychology. I will have to read this article by Fodor. I think
that this
> was the direction I was trying to head with my own comments, even if it
doesn't seem
> like it from what I said.

        Ah, it's times like this that make having learned to read worthwhile.   ;)

Paul Smith
Alverno College
Milwaukee

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