Top-down causation without top-down causes

Biology and Philosophy

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 547-563

  Craver, Carl F ^a   Bechtel, William ^b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Constitution; Emergence; Explanation; Interlevel causation; Levels; Mechanisms; Reduction; Top down causation

Indexed keywords

BOTTOM-UP APPROACH; PHILOSOPHY; TOP-DOWN APPROACH;

EID: 34547568748     PISSN: 01693867     EISSN: 15728404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10539-006-9028-8     Document Type: Article

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