Emergence and Mental Causation Nancey Murphy 11. In Defence of Ontological Emergence and Mental Causation Michael Silberstein 10. Being Realistic about Emergence Jaegwon Kim 9. Emergence in Social Evolution: A Great Ape Example Barbara Smuts Emergence: The Hole at the Wheel’s Hub Terrence W. On the Nature of Emergent Reality George F. The Emergence of Classicality from Quantum Theory Erich Joos 4.
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