Guay, Alexandre and Sartenaer, Olivier (2016) A New Look at Emergence. Or When After is Different. [Preprint]

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Abstract In this paper, we put forward a new account of emergence called "transformational emergence". Such an account captures a variety of emergence that can be considered as being diachronic and weakly ontological. The fact that transformational emergence actually constitutes a genuine form of emergence is motivated. Besides, the account is free of traditional problems surrounding more usual, synchronic versions of emergence, and it can find a strong empirical support in a specifc physical phenomenon, the fractional
quantum Hall effect, which has long been touted as a paradigmatic case of
emergence.

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Item Type:	Preprint
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID Guay, Alexandre Sartenaer, Olivier
Keywords:	emergence; fractional quantum Hall effect
Subjects:	Specific Sciences > Physics > Condensed Matter Specific Sciences > Physics > Fields and Particles General Issues > Laws of Nature General Issues > Philosophers of Science Specific Sciences > Physics Specific Sciences > Physics > Quantum Field Theory
Depositing User:	Alexandre Guay
Date Deposited:	06 Oct 2017 04:56
Last Modified:	06 Oct 2017 04:56
Item ID:	11914
DOI or Unique Handle:	10.1007/s13194-016-0140-6
Subjects:	Specific Sciences > Physics > Condensed Matter Specific Sciences > Physics > Fields and Particles General Issues > Laws of Nature General Issues > Philosophers of Science Specific Sciences > Physics Specific Sciences > Physics > Quantum Field Theory
Date:	May 2016
URI:	https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/11914

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