Abbott, Russ (2008) The reductionist blind spot. [Preprint]
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Abstract
Can there be higher level laws of nature even though everything is reducible to the fundamental laws of physics? The computer science notion of level of abstraction explains how there can be.
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Item Type: | Preprint | ||||||
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Keywords: | reductionism, levels of abstraction, emergence, special sciences, higher level laws, | ||||||
Subjects: | General Issues > Laws of Nature Specific Sciences > Computer Science General Issues > Reductionism/Holism Specific Sciences > Complex Systems |
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Depositing User: | Prof. Russ Abbott | ||||||
Date Deposited: | 23 May 2008 | ||||||
Last Modified: | 07 Oct 2010 15:16 | ||||||
Item ID: | 4037 | ||||||
Subjects: | General Issues > Laws of Nature Specific Sciences > Computer Science General Issues > Reductionism/Holism Specific Sciences > Complex Systems |
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Date: | May 2008 | ||||||
URI: | https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/4037 |
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