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Constructing the World

Disciplines:
epistemology
philosophy of mind
metaphysics

Summary

Ambitious book by David Chalmers arguing that all truths are a priori scrutable from a minimal base of physical, phenomenal, indexical, and that's-all truths.

Core Contribution

Defends a neo-Fregean scrutability thesis — that a priori reasoning from a compact base can in principle determine all facts — reviving a form of Carnapian rational reconstruction without strict reductionism.

Historical Influences

David Chalmers

Intellectual Lineage

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Allied Works

The Conscious Mind The Character of Consciousness

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