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Philosophical and scientific perspectives on emergence

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Bersini, H., Stano, P., Luisi, P.L. et al. Philosophical and scientific perspectives on emergence. Synthese 185, 165–169 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11229-010-9718-2

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