Hierarchical emergent ontology and the universal principle of emergence. / / Vladimír Havlík

• Autore: Havlík Vladimír
• Pubblicazione: Cham, Switzerland : , : Springer Nature Switzerland AG, , [2022]; ©2022
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (264 pages)
• Disciplina: 116
• Soggetto topico: Emergence (Philosophy); Metaphysics; Ontology
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- Preface -- Chapter 1: Reductionism and Holism -- Chapter 2: Towards a Universal Principle of Emergence (UPE) -- Chapter 3: Emergence in Physical Systems -- Chapter 4: Hierarchical Emergent Ontology (HEO) -- Acknowledgement -- Contents -- Chapter 1: Reductionism and Holism -- 1.1 Reductionism "in Principle"? -- 1.1.1 Reductionism -- 1.1.2 Holism -- 1.2 Downward Causation -- 1.2.1 Kim's Arguments -- 1.2.2 Sperry and Searle on the Rolling Wheel -- 1.2.3 QMC and PDF Models of the Atomic Nucleus -- 1.2.4 Quarks, Tetraquarks, Pentaquarks -- 1.3 Classical Reductionism and the Atomist Hypothesis -- 1.3.1 Whole and Part, Supervenience and Epiphenomenality -- 1.3.2 Boundaries of Classical Reductionism -- References -- Chapter 2: Towards a Universal Principle of Emergence (UPE) -- 2.1 Universal Principle of Emergence? -- 2.1.1 What Is Emergence? -- 2.1.2 Ontological and Epistemological Emergence -- 2.1.3 Conceptions of Ontological Emergence -- 2.1.4 Bottom-Up and Top-Down -- 2.1.5 Ontological and Causal Reducibility -- 2.1.6 Emergence1 and Emergence2 -- 2.1.7 Conclusion -- 2.2 Supervenience and Emergence -- 2.2.1 The Supervenient Conception of Emergence -- 2.2.2 Supervenience and Causality -- 2.2.3 The Non-supervenient Conception of Emergence -- 2.2.4 Hierarchy as a Result of Dependency and Determination -- 2.3 Nominal, Weak and Strong Emergence -- 2.3.1 Nominal Emergence -- 2.3.2 Strong Emergence -- 2.3.3 Weak Emergence -- 2.3.4 Ontological, Causal and Explanatory Reductionism -- 2.3.5 Complexity and Its Criteria -- 2.3.6 Explanatory Autonomy -- References -- Chapter 3: Emergence in Physical Systems -- 3.1 Contextual Emergence -- 3.1.1 A Quasiparticle as an Emergent Entity -- 3.2 Fusion Emergentism -- 3.2.1 A Dynamic Approach to Emergence -- 3.2.2 Transformational Emergence (TE) -- 3.2.3 Radical (Fusion) Emergence. ; 3.2.4 The Basal Loss Feature of Fusion Emergentism -- 3.2.5 Conclusion -- 3.3 Strong Emergence in Simple Physical Systems -- 3.4 Machretic Determination and Mutualism -- 3.5 The Computational and Combinatorial Approaches to Emergence -- 3.6 How Strong Is Strong Emergence and How Weak Is Weak Emergence? -- 3.7 Emergence and Agent-Based Modelling -- 3.8 Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 4: Hierarchical Emergent Ontology (HEO) -- 4.1 Reductive and Nonreductive Supervenience -- 4.1.1 The Supervenience Tradition -- 4.1.2 The Functional Conception of Supervenience -- 4.1.3 Criticism of Kim's Conception -- 4.1.4 How to Be Good -- 4.1.5 Multiple Realizability: Many Ways to Be Good -- 4.1.6 Token Identity? -- 4.1.7 The Heritage of Moore, Hare and Kim -- 4.1.8 Conclusion -- 4.2 Synchronic and Diachronic Concepts: Escaping the Dichotomy -- 4.2.1 The Core Issue Separating the Synchronic and the Diachronic -- 4.2.2 The Hierarchy of Levels -- 4.2.3 Weak and Pattern Emergence -- 4.2.4 Type and Token Emergence -- 4.2.5 What Is Emergent from the Computational Point of View? -- 4.2.6 Appearance and Persistence -- 4.2.7 The Ontological Role of Patterns -- 4.2.8 Diachronically Realized Synchronicity -- 4.2.9 Conclusion and Unifying Framework -- 4.3 Criteria of Emergence and HEO -- 4.3.1 Hierarchy -- 4.3.2 Autonomy -- 4.3.3 Holism -- 4.3.4 Persistence -- 4.3.5 Hierarchical Emergent Ontology (HEO) -- 4.3.6 Level Hierarchy -- 4.3.7 Degrees of Freedom -- 4.3.8 Inverted Pyramid Schema -- 4.3.9 Presuppositions to the UPE -- 4.4 HEO and the Cellular Automaton (GOL) -- 4.4.1 Level Hierarchy in GOL -- 4.4.2 Base and Emergent in GOL -- 4.4.3 Autonomy and Persistence in GOL -- 4.5 HEO and Quantum Hall effects (QHE) -- 4.5.1 Level Hierarchy in QHE -- 4.5.2 Base and Emergent in QHE -- 4.5.3 Autonomy and Persistence in QHE -- 4.5.4 Holism and Higher Organizing Principles. ; 4.5.5 Emergent Dependency -- 4.6 HEO and the Neural Networks of the Mind (NNM) -- 4.6.1 The Neuron as a Fundamental Entity in NNM -- 4.6.2 Intensity in NNM -- 4.6.3 Synaptic Connection Types in NNM -- 4.6.4 Brain as the Home of NNM -- 4.6.5 Level Hierarchy in NNM -- 4.6.6 Base and Emergent in NNM -- 4.6.7 Autonomy and Persistence in NNM -- 4.7 HEO and Consciousness -- 4.8 Conclusion -- References -- Conclusion: Emergence and the Open Universe -- Index.
• Titolo autorizzato: Hierarchical Emergent Ontology and the Universal Principle of Emergence
• ISBN: 9783030981488; 9783030981471
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910561296303321
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