Emergence in science and philosophy / / edited by Antonella Corradini and Timothy O'Connor
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| Titolo: |
Emergence in science and philosophy / / edited by Antonella Corradini and Timothy O'Connor
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| Pubblicazione: | New York : , : Routledge, , 2010 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (329 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 116 |
| Soggetto topico: | Emergence (Philosophy) |
| Science - Philosophy | |
| Altri autori: |
CorradiniAntonella
O'ConnorTimothy <1965->
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| 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 |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Emergence in science and philosophy |
| ISBN: | 1-136-95511-9 |
| 1-136-95512-7 | |
| 1-282-58619-X | |
| 9786612586194 | |
| 0-203-84940-X | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910808205503321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
| Opac: | Controlla la disponibilità qui |
Serie:
Routledge studies in the philosophy of science ; ; 6.