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Autore |
Porpora Douglas V |
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Titolo |
The Question of Emergence : Sociology vs. Physics |
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Oxford : , : Taylor & Francis Group, , 2025 |
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©2026 |
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ISBN |
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1-04-075958-0 |
1-04-075965-3 |
1-003-64959-9 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (199 pages) |
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Collana |
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Routledge Studies in Critical Realism Series |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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This book takes the relationship between physics and sociology as its subject, focussing on the philosophical dispute between emergentism and reductionism. It argues that the mystery behind emergence disappears when we abandon the lawful understanding of causality, in favour of a powers view. |
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