Representationalist physicalism

Abstract In this paper, I discuss a view proposed by Carl Hempel in his paper Reduction: Ontological and Linguistic Facets, published 1969. Here, suggested that questions regarding the identification of mental states with physiological states, relation between sociological phenomena individual behavioral biological physicochemical should be given what he calls ‘linguistic’ interpretation. His main point is whether or not an object physical depends on how it is, can be, described. wish to, firstly, explicate Hempel's suggestion, and, secondly, explore one argument favor account. will suggest there at least use term ‘physical’ philosophical discourse (and, for matter, related terms such as ‘biological’, ‘mental’, ‘natural’ etc.) cashed out linguistic representational terms.