Is Non-reductive Physicalism Viable within a Causal Powers Metaphysic?

Emergence in Mind

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages

  O'Connor, Timothy ^a   Churchill, John Ross ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Causal exclusion; Causal powers; Constitution; Emergence; Physicalism; Realization; Reduction; Supervenience

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EID: 84921258790     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199583621.003.0004     Document Type: Chapter

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