The Emergent Order.
Abstract We examine the phenomenon of emergence, referring particularly to Arthur Peacocke's ideas on emergence, the self, and spirituality. He believes that the whole of an emergent structure influences the way its parts cohere and that emergent structures (including minds and persons) and their ef...
| Publicado en: | Zygon: Journal of Religion & Science Vol. 38; no. 2; pp. 411 - 434 |
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