An explication of emergence

Philosophical Studies

Volumn 172, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 653-669

  Taylor, Elanor ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Emergence; Explanation; Levels

Indexed keywords

EID: 84926335851     PISSN: 00318116     EISSN: 15730883     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11098-014-0324-x     Document Type: Article

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