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The Question of Emergence : Sociology vs. Physics.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Porpora, Douglas V.
- Series:
- Routledge Studies in Critical Realism Series
- Language:
- English
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (199 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford : Taylor & Francis Group, 2025.
- Summary:
- This book takes the relationship between physics and sociology as its subject, focussing on the philosophical dispute between emergentism and reductionism. It argues that the mystery behind emergence disappears when we abandon the lawful understanding of causality, in favour of a powers view.
- Notes:
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-04-075958-0
- 1-04-075965-3
- 1-003-64959-9
- 9781003649595
- OCLC:
- 1569191698
- Publisher Number:
- CIPO000291606
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