Ontological Emergence: How is That Possible? Towards a New Relational Ontology

Foundations of Science

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 429-446

  Santos, Gil C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Atomism; Emergence; Holism; Micro reductionism; Qualitative change; Relational ontology

Indexed keywords

SOCIAL SCIENCES;

ATOMISM; EMERGENCE; HOLISM; MICRO-REDUCTIONISM; QUALITATIVE CHANGES;

ONTOLOGY;

EID: 84923062600     PISSN: 12331821     EISSN: 15728471     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10699-015-9419-x     Document Type: Article

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