Functional reduction and emergence in the physical sciences

Synthese

Volumn 151, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 335-346

  Rueger, Alexander ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Emergence; Functional properties; Kim's view of reduction; Micro macro levels; Reduction; Singular Perturbations

Indexed keywords

EID: 33748314436     PISSN: 00397857     EISSN: 15730964     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11229-006-9027-y     Document Type: Article

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