Functional reduction and emergence in the physical sciences |
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| Authors: | Alexander Rueger |
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| Affiliation: | (1) Department of Philosophy, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, T6G 2E5 |
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| Abstract: | Kim’s model of ‘functional reduction’ of properties is shown to fail in a class of cases from physics involving properties at different spatial levels. The diagnosis of this failure leads to a non-reductive account of the relation of micro and macro properties. |
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| Keywords: | Emergence Functional properties Kim’ s view of reduction Micro/macro levels Reduction Singular Perturbations |
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