Reduction: The Cheshire cat problem and a return to roots

Synthese

Volumn 151, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 377-402

  Schaffner, Kenneth F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Emergence explanation; Field model system; Reduction

Indexed keywords

EID: 33748331102     PISSN: 00397857     EISSN: 15730964     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11229-006-9031-2     Document Type: Article

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