Downward Causation

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Aarhus, Denmark: University of Aarhus Press (2000)
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The book deals with the notion of Downward Causation from a wide array of perspectives, including physics, biology, psychology, social science, communication studies, text theory, and philosophy. The book includes proponents as well as opponents discussing the validity of the notion.

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A change is afoot: emergentist thinking in language acquisition.George Hollich, Kathy Hirsh-Pasek, Michael L. Tucker & R. M. Golinkoff
Downward Causation.P. B. Andersen, Claus Emmeche, N. O. Finnemann & P. V. Christiansen (eds.)
Genres as Self-organizing Systems.Bach Andersen Peter
Higher-level descriptions: why should we preserve them.Charbel Nino El-Hani & Antonio Marcos Pereira
in 16th and 17th Century Natural Philosophy.Tove Elisabeth Kruse
Psychosomatics and the Pineal Gland.  (pages 81)Simo Koppe
Downward causation at the core of living organization.  (pages 99--117)Alvaro Moreno & Jon Umerez
Material sign processes and emergent ecosocial organization.  (pages 181--213)Jay L. Lemke
Genres as self-organising systems.  (pages 214--260)Peter B. Andersen
Anticipated downward causation and the arch structure of texts.  (pages 261--77)Ole Togeby
Rule-based and rule-generating systems.  (pages 278-301)Niels Ole Finnemann
Making sense of downward causation.  (pages 305--321)Jaegwon Kim
Emergence.  (pages 322-348)Mark H. Bickhard
Levels, Emergence, and Three Versions of Downward Causation.  (pages 322-348)Claus Emmeche, Simo Koppe & Frederick Stjernfelt

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