Emergence and morphogenesis: Causal reduction and downward causation?

Social Morphogenesis

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 61-84

  Lawson, Tony ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Causal powers of complex systems; Emergence and morphogenesis; Organising relations

Indexed keywords

EID: 84932608950     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-6128-5_4     Document Type: Chapter

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