| Description |
1 online resource (x, 286 pages) |
| Series |
Mind Association occasional series |
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Mind Association occasional series.
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| Contents |
Introduction / Cynthia Macdonald and Graham Macdonald -- Cosmic hermeneutics vs. emergence : the challenge of the explanatory gap / Tim Crane -- Explanation, emergence, and causality : comments on Crane / Michele Di Franceso -- Is non-reductive physicalism viable within a casual powers metaphysic? / Timothy O'Connor and John Ross Churchill -- Exclusion and physicalism : comments on O'Connor and Churchill / Stephen Leuenberger -- Emergent causation and property causation / Paul Noordhof -- Emergence : laws and properties : comments on Noordhof / Simone Gozzano -- The casual autonomy of the special sciences / Peter Menzies and Christian List -- Casual and explanatory autonomy : comments on Menzies and List / Ausonio Marras and Juhani Yli-Vakkuri -- Emergence and downward causation / Cynthia Macdonald and Graham Macdonald -- Identity with a difference : comments on Macdonald and Macdonald / Peter Wyss -- Can any sciences be special? / David Papineau -- Can any sciences be special : comments on Papineau / Michael Esfeld -- Emergence vs. reduction in chemistry / Robin Findlay Hendry -- An emergentist's perspective on the problem of free will / Achim Stephan -- Strong emergence and freedom : comments on Stephan / Max Kistler -- Rationality, reasoning, and group agency / Philip Pettit |
| Summary |
There have long been controversies about how minds can fit into a physical universe. In 'Emergence in Mind' a distinguished group of philosophers discuss whether mental properties can be said to 'emerge' from physical processes |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Philosophy of mind.
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Emergence (Philosophy)
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PHILOSOPHY -- Mind & Body.
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Emergence (Philosophy)
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Philosophy of mind
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Macdonald, Graham
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Macdonald, Cynthia, 1951-
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| ISBN |
9780199583621 |
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0199583625 |
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9780191574573 |
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0191574570 |
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9780191723483 |
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0191723487 |
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