The Physics of Emergence

San Rafael, CA: Morgan & Claypool publication as part of IOP Concise Physics (2019)
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Abstract

This book explores whether physics points to a reductive or an emergent structure of the world and proposes a physics-motivated conception of emergence that leaves behind many of the problematic intuitions shaping the philosophical conceptions. Examining several detailed case studies reveals results that point to stability conditions playing a crucial though underappreciated role in the physics of emergence. This contextual emergence has thought-provoking consequences for physics and beyond.

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edition Bishop, Robert C. (2024) "The Physics of Emergence (Second Edition)". Institute of Physics Press

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Robert Bishop
Wheaton College, Illinois