Similarity structure and diachronic emergence.
I provide a formally precise account of diachronic emergence of properties as described within scientific theories, extending a recent account of synchronic emergence using similarity structure on the theories' models. This similarity structure approach to emergent properties unifies the synchronic...
| Publicado en: | Synthese Vol. 198; no. 9; pp. 8873 - 8901 |
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=hlh&AN=153077710&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: hlh uiTerm: 153077710 longDbName: Humanities International Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: jinfo: jid: 00397857 4LI jtl: Synthese issn: 00397857 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: Sep2021 vid: 198 iid: 9 pid: 237 pub: Springer Nature artinfo: ui: 153077710 10.1007/s11229-020-02605-3 ppf: 8873 ppct: 28 formats: fmt: @attributes: type: P size: 1.1MB tig: atl: Similarity structure and diachronic emergence. aug: au: Fletcher, Samuel C. affil: University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, Minneapolis, MN, USA su: Quantum theory Quantum Hall effect Structural analysis (Engineering) Spacetime Quantum gravity sug: subj: Quantum theory Quantum Hall effect Structural analysis (Engineering) Spacetime Quantum gravity keyword: Diachronic emergence Fractional quantum Hall effect Similarity structure Spacetime emergence Synchronic emergence van der Pol oscillator ab: I provide a formally precise account of diachronic emergence of properties as described within scientific theories, extending a recent account of synchronic emergence using similarity structure on the theories' models. This similarity structure approach to emergent properties unifies the synchronic and diachronic types by revealing that they only differ in how they delineate the domains of application of theories. This allows it to apply also to cases where the synchronic/diachronic distinction is unclear, such as spacetime emergence from theories of quantum gravity. In addition, I discuss two further case studies—finite periodicity in van der Pol oscillators and two-dimensional quasiparticles in the fractional quantum Hall effect—to facilitate comparison of this approach to others in the literature on concepts of emergence applicable to the sciences. My discussion of the fractional quantum Hall effect in particular may be of independent interest to philosophers of physics concerned with its interpretation. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: Article src: R language: English refInfo: copyright: @attributes: flag: Y custom: Synthese is a copyright of Springer, 2021. All Rights Reserved. item: Synthese holder: Springer Nature dt: @attributes: year: 2021 holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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