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Auteur(s) : Wilson, Jessica M. (19..-....)
Titre(s) : Metaphysical emergence [Texte imprimé] / Jessica M. Wilson
Publication : Oxford : Oxford University press, 2021
Description matérielle : 1 vol. (xiii-320 pages) : illustrations ; 24 cm
Note(s) : Bibliogr. p. [287]-305. Notes bibliogr. Index
"Both the special sciences and ordinary experience suggest that there are metaphysically
emergent entities and features: macroscopic goings-on (including mountains, trees,
humans, and sculptures, and their characteristic features) which depend on, yet are
distinct from and distinctively efficacious with respect to, lower-level physical
configurations and features. These appearances give rise to two key questions. First,
what is metaphysical emergence, more precisely? Second, is there any metaphysical
emergence, in principle and moreover in fact? Metaphysical Emergence provides clear
and systematic answers to these questions. Wilson argues that there are two, and only
two, forms of metaphysical emergence of the sort seemingly at issue in the target
cases: 'Weak' emergence, whereby a dependent feature has a proper subset of the powers
of the feature upon it depends, and 'Strong' emergence, whereby a dependent feature
has a power not had by the feature upon which it depends. Weak emergence unifies and
illuminates seemingly diverse accounts of non-reductive physicalism; Strong emergence
does the same as regards seemingly diverse anti-physicalist views positing fundamental
novelty at higher levels of compositional complexity. After defending the in-principle
viability of each form of emergence, Wilson considers whether complex systems, ordinary
objects, consciousness, and free will are actually metaphysically emergent. She argues
that Weak emergence is quite common, and that there is Strong emergence in the important
case of free will."--Publisher's website
Sujet(s) : Émergence (philosophie)
Métaphysique
Libre arbitre
Indice(s) Dewey :
110 (23e éd.) = Métaphysique
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9780198823742. - ISBN 0198823746
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb469791760
Notice n° :
FRBNF46979176
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Table des matières : 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
