Ontology, matter and emergence

Phenomenology and the Cognitive Sciences

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 293-307

  Bitbol, Michel ^a  

^a Centre de Recherche en Epistemologie Appliquee Ecole Polytechnique   (France)

Author keywords

Causality; Consciousness; Emergence; Neuroscience

Indexed keywords

EID: 34249930435     PISSN: 15687759     EISSN: 15728676     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11097-006-9041-z     Document Type: Article

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