Chapter 4. Normativisim and Irreducibility

4.1 Normativism……………………………………..………….…………… 96

4.1.1 WHY THE TEST IS USEFUL……….……………………..… 96

4.1.2 POTENTIAL COUNTEREXAMPLES…..…..……………..… 97

4.1.3 COUNTERPOSSIBLES AND METAPHYSICS…………..… 101

4.1.4 (CP) AND DIFFERENT ACCOUNTS OF NORMATIVITY... 104

4.1.5 CONCLUSION….…………………………………………..… 106

4.2 Irreducibility……………………………….……..……………….….... 106

4.2.1 CORNELL REALISM AND STANDARD NONREDUCTIVE PHYSICALISM….………………….……………………………… 107

4.2.2 FINE-GRAINED PROPERTIES…..…..………………..…..… 113

4.2.3 THE PROBLEM WITH ANALYTICAL REDUCTIONISM… 116

4.2.4 METAPHYSICAL REDUCTIONISM…..……………..…..… 120

4.2.5 CONCLUSION…..…………………....………………..…..… 124