Physicalism, Emergence and Downward Causation

Axiomathes

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 33-56

  Campbell, Richard J ^a   Bickhard, Mark H ^b  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b LEHIGH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Downward causation; Emergence; Physicalism; Processes; Reduction; Supervenience

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952304188     PISSN: 11221151     EISSN: 15728390     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10516-010-9128-6     Document Type: Article

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