The re-emergence of emergence : the emergentist hypothesis from science to religion /
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| Imprint: | Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2006. |
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| Description: | xiv, 330 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/7795637 |
Table of Contents:
- 1. Conceptual Foundations of Emergence Theory
- I. The Physical Sciences
- 2. The Physics of Downward Causation
- 3. The Emergence of Classicality from Quantum Theory
- 4. On the Nature of Emergent Reality
- II. The Biological Sciences
- 5. Emergence: The Hole at the Wheel's Hub
- 6. The Role of Emergence in Biology
- 7. Emergence in Social Evolution: A Great Ape Example
- III. Consciousness and Emergence
- 8. Being Realistic about Emergence
- 9. In Defence of Ontological Emergence and Mental Causation
- 10. Emergence and Mental Causation
- 11. Varieties of Emergence
- IV. Religion and Emergence
- 12. Emergence, Mind, and Divine Action: The Hierarchy of theSciences in Relation to the Human Mind-Brain-Body
- 13. Emergence: What is at Stake for ReligiousReflection?
- 14. Emergence from Quantum Physics to Religion: A CriticalAppraisal
