Emergence and singular limits

Synthese

Volumn 184, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 341-356

  Wayne, Andrew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Emergence; Explanation; Nonlinear oscillator; Reduction; Singular limit

Indexed keywords

EID: 84855312082     PISSN: 00397857     EISSN: 15730964     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11229-010-9817-0     Document Type: Article

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