The re-emergence of emergence :: the emergentist hypothesis from science to religion /

This volume introduces readers to emergence theory, outlines the major arguments in its defence, and summarizes the most powerful objections against it. It provides the clearest explication yet of this exciting new theory of science, which challenges the reductionist approach by proposing the contin...

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Weitere Verfasser: Clayton, Philip, 1956-, Davies, Paul, 1962-
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2006.
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Zusammenfassung:This volume introduces readers to emergence theory, outlines the major arguments in its defence, and summarizes the most powerful objections against it. It provides the clearest explication yet of this exciting new theory of science, which challenges the reductionist approach by proposing the continuous emergence of novel phenomena. - ;Much of the modern period was dominated by a r̀eductionist' theory of science. On this view, to explain any event in the world is to reduce it down to fundamental particles, laws, and forces. In recent years reductionism has been dramatically challenged by a rad.
Beschreibung:1 online resource (xiv, 330 pages) : illustrations
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780191516016
0191516015
9786610903900
6610903905

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