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Library ed. |
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1 online resource (315 pages) : illustrations. |
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| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Series |
Grundlagen der Kommunikation und Kognition = Foundations of communication and cognition
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Foundations of communication and cognition.
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| Note |
"Most of the papers included in this volume were originally presented at a conference ... held in Oct. 1990, at the Center for Interdisciplinary Research in Bielefeld, Germany."--Preface. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| Contents |
Introduction � Reductive and Nonreductive Physicalism -- Part I -- Emergence � A Systematic View on its Historical Facets -- The Rise and Fall of British Emergentism -- Supervenience, Emergence, and Reduction -- “Downward Causation� in Emergentism and Non-reductive Physicalism -- A Contemporary Look at Emergence -- Part II -- Nonreductive Materialism and the Nature of Intertheoretical Constraint -- Subjectivity and Knowing What It�s Like -- Physiology, Phenomenology, and Spinoza�s True Colors -- Qualia and Brain Processes -- Part III |
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Understanding ComplexityEmergent Phenomena and Complex Systems -- On the Way to a Theory of Antireductionist Arguments -- Name Index -- Subject Index |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Logical positivism -- Congresses.
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Logical positivism. |
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Reductionism -- Congresses.
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Reductionism. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Conference papers and proceedings.
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Conference papers and proceedings.
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| Added Author |
Beckermann, Ansgar, 1945-
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Flohr, H. (Hans), 1936-
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Kim, Jaegwon.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Emergence or reduction?. Library ed. Berlin ; New York : W. de Gruyter, 1992 (DLC) 92004832 |
| ISBN |
9783110870084 (electronic book) |
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3110870088 (electronic book) |
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3110128802 (alkaline paper) |
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9783110128802 |
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