Reduction and Emergence in Philosophy and Science

Analysis 78 (3):552-557 (2018)
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This book sets the standard, and a very high one at that, for the ongoing discussion of emergence in philosophy and science.1 1 Engaging but rigorous in argumentation, comprehensive but attentive to detail, it is a model of philosophical writing.

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Science: A ‘Dappled World’ or a ‘Seamless Web’?Philip W. Anderson - 2001 - Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part B: Studies in History and Philosophy of Modern Physics 32 (3):487-494.

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