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Metaphysical emergence / Jessica M. Wilson.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Wilson, Jessica M., author.
- Series:
- Oxford scholarship online.
- Oxford scholarship online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Emergence (Philosophy).
- Metaphysics.
- First philosophy.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xv, 320 pages) : illustrations.
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2021.
- Summary:
- 'Metaphysical Emergence' provides a detailed analyses of two ways for phenomena to be grounded in and yet distinct from underlying physical reality, and brings this to bear on a number of live debates in metpahysics, including those concerning consciousness and free will.
- Contents:
- Key issues and questions
- Two schemas for metaphysical emergence
- The viability of Weak emergence
- The viability of Strong emergence
- Complex systems
- Ordinary objects
- Consciousness
- Free will
- Metaphysical emergence : next steps
- Notes:
- This edition also issued in print: 2021.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-186252-5
- 0-19-255697-5
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