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Record Nr.

UNINA9910808205503321

Titolo

Emergence in science and philosophy / / edited by Antonella Corradini and Timothy O'Connor

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Routledge, , 2010

ISBN

1-136-95511-9

1-136-95512-7

1-282-58619-X

9786612586194

0-203-84940-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (329 p.)

Collana

Routledge studies in the philosophy of science ; ; v. 6

Altri autori (Persone)

CorradiniAntonella

O'ConnorTimothy <1965->

Disciplina

116

Soggetti

Emergence (Philosophy)

Science - Philosophy

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

pt. 1. Emergence : general perspectives -- pt. 2. Self, agency and free will -- pt. 3. Physics, mathematics and the special sciences.

Sommario/riassunto

The concept of emergence has seen a significant resurgence in philosophy and the sciences, yet debates regarding emergentist and reductionist visions of the natural world continue to be hampered by imprecision or ambiguity. Emergent phenomena are said to arise out of and be sustained by more basic phenomena, while at the same time exerting a ""top-down"" control upon those very sustaining processes. To some critics, this has the air of magic, as it seems to suggest a kind of circular causality. Other critics deem the concept of emergence to be objectionably anti-naturalistic. Objections suc