Emergence or reduction? [[electronic resource] ] : essays on the prospects of nonreductive physicalism / / edited by Ansgar Beckermann, Hans Flohr, Jaegwon Kim

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910461665503321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Berlin ; ; New York, : W. de Gruyter, 1992
• ISBN: 3-11-087008-8
• Edizione: [Library ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (324 p.)
• Collana: Grundlagen der Kommunikation und Kognition = Foundations of communication and cognition
• Altri autori (Persone): BeckermannAnsgar <1945->; FlohrH <1936-> (Hans); KimJaegwon
• Disciplina: 146/.3
• Soggetti: Logical positivism; Reductionism; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: "Most of the papers included in this volume were originally presented at a conference ... held in Oct. 1990, at the Center for Interdisciplinary Research in Bielefeld, Germany."--Pref.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
• Nota di contenuto: Front matter -- Reductive and Nonreductive Physicalism / BECKERMANN, ANSGAR -- Part I -- Emergence - A Systematic View on its Historical Facets / STEPHAN, ACHIM -- The Rise and Fall of British Emergentism / MCLAUGHLIN, BRIAN P. -- Supervenience, Emergence, and Reduction / BECKERMANN, ANSGAR -- "Downward Causation" in Emergentism and Nonreductive Physicalism / KIM, JAEGWON -- A Contemporary Look at Emergence / TELLER, PAUL -- Part II -- Nonreductive Materialism and the Nature of Intertheoretical Constraint / GULICK, ROBERT VAN -- Subjectivity and Knowing What It's Like / TELLER, PAUL -- Physiology, Phenomenology, and Spinoza's True Colors / HARDIN, CLYDE L. -- Qualia and Brain Processes / FLOHR, HANS -- Part III -- Understanding Complexity / KÜPPERS, BERND-OLAF -- Emergent Phenomena and Complex Systems / BECHTEL, WILLIAM / RICHARDSON, ROBERT C. -- On the Way to a Theory of Antireductionist Arguments / HOYNINGEN-HUENE, PAUL -- Name Index -- Subject Index