An explication of emergence

• Autores: Elanor Taylor
• Localización: Philosophical Studies, ISSN-e 1573-0883, Vol. 72, Nº. 3, 2015, págs. 653-669
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • Philosophical debates about emergence are often marred by equivocation and lack of common ground, and dialogue about emergence between scientists and philosophers can be equally difficult. In this paper I offer a unified explication of emergence and argue that this explication can cut through much of the confusion evident in discussions of emergence. I defend an explication of the concept of emergence as the unavailability of a certain kind of scientific explanation for an observer or observers.