Abbott, Russ (2008) The reductionist blind spot. [Preprint]

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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
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID Abbott, Russ
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
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
Date:	May 2008
URI:	https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/4037

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