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Emergence: Postulates and Candidates

Hoyningen-Huene, Paul and Lohse, Simon (2010) Emergence: Postulates and Candidates. In: UNSPECIFIED.

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In the first part of this article we will formulate postulates, which must be satisfied by a reasonable concept of emergence. The postulates will articulate conditions of adequacy for an appropriate explication of the concept of emergence. These conditions of adequacy are based primarily upon the philosophical and scientific history of the concept of emergence, in which the intended role of the concept is expressed. In the second part we will discuss and evaluate some candidates for the concept of emergence in light of these conditions of adequacy.


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Item Type: Conference or Workshop Item (UNSPECIFIED)
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Hoyningen-Huene, Paul
Lohse, Simon
Keywords: Emergence Reduction Downward Causation
Subjects: General Issues > Structure of Theories
General Issues > Reductionism/Holism
Depositing User: Dr. S. Lohse
Date Deposited: 24 Mar 2010
Last Modified: 07 Oct 2010 15:19
Item ID: 5209
Subjects: General Issues > Structure of Theories
General Issues > Reductionism/Holism
Date: 2010
URI: https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/5209

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