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Record Nr.

UNINA9910450866003321

Titolo

The re-emergence of emergence [[electronic resource] ] : the emergentist hypothesis from science to religion / / edited by Philip Clayton and Paul Davies

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2006

ISBN

1-280-90390-2

0-19-151601-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (345 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

ClaytonPhilip <1956->

DaviesP. C. W

Disciplina

501

Soggetti

Emergence (Philosophy)

Science - Philosophy

Consciousness

Religion and science

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

The physical sciences -- The biological sciences -- Consciousness and emergence -- Religion and emergence.

Sommario/riassunto

This volume introduces readers to emergence theory, outlines the major arguments in its defence, and summarizes the most powerful objections against it. It provides the clearest explication yet of this exciting new theory of science, which challenges the reductionist approach by proposing the continuous emergence of novel phenomena. - ;Much of the modern period was dominated by a `reductionist' theory of science. On this view, to explain any event in the world is to reduce it down to fundamental particles, laws, and forces. In recent years reductionism has been dramatically challenged by a rad