Re-Emergence of Emergence - The Emergentist Hypothesis From Science to Religion

Zusatztext The book is uniformly well-written; each individual chapter is well-organized and easy to follow. Informationen zum Autor Philip Clayton is Ingraham Professor, Claremont School of Theology; Professor of Philosophy and Religion, Claremont Graduate University.Paul Davies is Professor of Natural Philosophy, Macquarie University, Sydney. Klappentext This volume introduces readers to emergence theory, outlines the major arguments in its defence, and summarizes the most powerful objections against it. It provides the clearest explication yet of this exciting new theory of science, which challenges the reductionist approach by proposing the continuous emergence of novel phenomena. Zusammenfassung This volume introduces readers to emergence theory, outlines the major arguments in its defence, and summarizes the most powerful objections against it. It provides the clearest explication yet of this exciting new theory of science, which challenges the reductionist approach by proposing the continuous emergence of novel phenomena. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1: Philip Clayton: Conceptual Foundations of Emergence Theory I. The Physical Sciences 2: Paul Davies: The Physics of Downward Causation 3: Erich Joos: The Emergence of Classicality from Quantum Theory 4: George F. R. Ellis: On the Nature of Emergent Reality II. The Biological Sciences 5: Terrence Deacon: Emergence: The Hole at the Wheel's Hub 6: Lynn Rothschild: The Role of Emergence in Biology 7: Barbara Smuts: Emergence in Social Evolution: A Great Ape Example III. Consciousness and Emergence 8: Jaegwon Kim: Being Realistic about Emergence 9: Michael Silberstein: In Defence of Ontological Emergence and Mental Causation 10: Nancey Murphy: Emergence and Mental Causation 11: David Chalmers: Varieties of Emergence IV. Religion and Emergence 12: Arthur Peacocke: Emergence, Mind, and Divine Action: The Hierarchy of the Sciences in Relation to the Human Mind-Brain-Body 13: Niels Henrik Gregersen: Emergence: What is at Stake for Religious Reflection? 14: Philip Clayton: Emergence from Quantum Physics to Religion: A Critical Appraisal ...

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• Authors: Philip Clayton, Philip ( Clayton, Philip Davies Clayton
• Assisted by: Davies Clayton (Editor), Philip Clayton (Editor), Philip (Ingraham Professor Clayton (Editor), Paul Davies (Editor), Paul (Professor of Natural Philosophy Davies (Editor)
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 29.06.2006
• EAN: 9780199287147
• ISBN: 978-0-19-928714-7
• No. of pages: 344
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Religion: general, reference works; PHILOSOPHY / Mind & Body, PHILOSOPHY / Religious, Philosophy of Mind, SCIENCE / Philosophy & Social Aspects, RELIGION / Philosophy, RELIGION / Religion & Science, Philosophy of Science, Philosophy of religion, Religion and science, Religion & science