The Routledge Handbook of Emergence
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The Routledge Handbook of Emergence is an outstanding reference source and exploration of the concept of emergence, and is the first collection of its kind. Thirty-two chapters by an international team of contributors are organised into four parts:
- Foundations of emergence
- Emergence and mind
- Emergence and physics
- Emergence and the special sciences
Within these sections important topics and problems in emergence are explained, including the British Emergentists; weak vs. strong emergence; emergence and downward causation; dependence, complexity and mechanisms; mental causation, consciousness and dualism; quantum mechanics, soft matter and chemistry; and evolution, cognitive science and social sciences.
Essential reading for students and researchers in philosophy of mind, philosophy of science and metaphysics, The Routledge Handbook of Emergence will also be of interest to those studying foundational issues in biology, chemistry, physics and psychology.
Autoren-Profil
Sophie Gibb is a Professor and Head of Department in the Department of Philosophy at Durham University, UK.
Robin Hendry is a Professor and Director of Research in the Department of Philosophy at Durham University, UK.
Tom Lancaster is a Professor in the Department of Physics at Durham University, UK.
