Emergence, Varieties of Explanation, and the Generality of Laws
The principal aim of this paper is to show that a constraint that C.D. Broad imposed on the acceptability of deductions of macroproperties which would show them to be non-emergent, viz. that they use only general laws of nature, is too strong and should be replaced by the weaker condition that the d...
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Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia (RUDN University)
2011-03-01
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| Series: | RUDN Journal of Philosophy |
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| Online Access: | http://journals.rudn.ru/philosophy/article/view/11341 |