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Metaphysical Emergence provides a detailed analyses of two ways for phenomena to be grounded in and yet distinct from underlying physical reality, and brings this to bear on a number of live debates in metpahysics, including those concerning consciousness and free will.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Wilson, Jessica M.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2021.
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Emergence (Philosophy)
Metaphysics.
First philosophy.
Émergence (Philosophie)
Métaphysique.
metaphysics.
Mind & Body.
Philosophy & Social Aspects.
SCIENCE.
First philosophy
Metaphysics
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Key issues and questions
  • Two schemas for metaphysical emergence
  • The viability of Weak emergence
  • The viability of Strong emergence
  • Complex systems
  • Ordinary objects
  • Consciousness
  • Free will
  • Metaphysical emergence : next steps