SPECIES OF EMERGENCE.

The category of emergence has come to be of considerable importance to the science-and-religion dialogue. It has become clear that the term is used in different ways by different authors, with important implications. In this article I examine the criteria used to state that something is emergent and...

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Published in:Zygon: Journal of Religion & Science Vol. 41; no. 3; pp. 689 - 713
Main Author: Peterson, Gregory R.
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Published: Open Library of Humanities Sep2006
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