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    Challenges→Ontological reduction is distinct from epistemic reduction in terms of the nature of its relata

    When epistemic reduction fixes truth conditions for bridge laws, it thereby determines the identity or constitution relations among the very entities ostensibly governed by ontological reduction.

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    Bridge laws(Philosophy of mind, type-identity theory)
    Strict biconditional laws of the form 'P1 ↔ M1' that correlate physical predicates with mental predicates, forming the basis of type-identity theories of mind.
    Identity(Adams treats identity statements as a variety of atomic formula rather than a logical truth exempt from existence presuppositions)
    A relation between an object and itself, expressed as an atomic formula (a=a), subject to the same existence-entailment conditions as other atomic predicates under GSA
    Ostensibly(describing needs that appear universal but may not be)
    Seemingly or appearing to be something on the surface, even if that appearance might be misleading or incomplete.
    Truth conditions(used to describe how we determine whether a thought accurately represents reality)
    The specific circumstances or facts that would make a statement true or false—what has to be the case for a thought to be correct.

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    constitution(Distinguished from identity — the group is not the same thing as its members, but is constituted by them)
    A metaphysical relation whereby one entity (a group) is distinct from but materially or compositionally dependent on another entity (its members)
    epistemic reduction(Distinguished from ontological reduction; equivalent to Van Gulick's 'representational reduction' (2001))
    A form of reduction whose primary relata are representational in nature (e.g., theories, bodies of knowledge)
    ontological reduction(Contrasted with epistemic reduction by the nature of the relata involved)
    A form of reduction whose primary relata are non-representational entities

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