Emergence or reduction? : essays on the prospects of nonreductive physicalism / edited by Ansgar Beckermann, Hans Flohr, Jaegwon Kim.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Beckermann, Ansgar, 1945-

Flohr, H. (Hans), 1936-

Kim, Jaegwon.

Series:

Foundations of communication and cognition.

Grundlagen der Kommunikation und Kognition = Foundations of communication and cognition

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Logical positivism--Congresses.

Logical positivism.

Reductionism--Congresses.

Reductionism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (324 p.)

Edition:

Library ed.

Place of Publication:

Berlin ; New York : W. de Gruyter, 1992.

Language Note:

English

Contents:

Front matter

Reductive and Nonreductive Physicalism / BECKERMANN, ANSGAR

Part I

Emergence - A Systematic View on its Historical Facets / STEPHAN, ACHIM

The Rise and Fall of British Emergentism / MCLAUGHLIN, BRIAN P.

Supervenience, Emergence, and Reduction / BECKERMANN, ANSGAR

"Downward Causation" in Emergentism and Nonreductive Physicalism / KIM, JAEGWON

A Contemporary Look at Emergence / TELLER, PAUL

Part II

Nonreductive Materialism and the Nature of Intertheoretical Constraint / GULICK, ROBERT VAN

Subjectivity and Knowing What It's Like / TELLER, PAUL

Physiology, Phenomenology, and Spinoza's True Colors / HARDIN, CLYDE L.

Qualia and Brain Processes / FLOHR, HANS

Part III

Understanding Complexity / KÜPPERS, BERND-OLAF

Emergent Phenomena and Complex Systems / BECHTEL, WILLIAM / RICHARDSON, ROBERT C.

On the Way to a Theory of Antireductionist Arguments / HOYNINGEN-HUENE, PAUL

Name Index

Subject Index

Notes:

"Most of the papers included in this volume were originally presented at a conference ... held in Oct. 1990, at the Center for Interdisciplinary Research in Bielefeld, Germany."--Pref.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

9783110870084

3110870088

OCLC:

922945412