Reductive levels and multi-scale structure.
Abstract I discuss arguments about the relationship between different “levels” of explanation in the light of examples involving multi-scale analysis. I focus on arguments about causal competition between properties at different levels, such as Jaegwon Kim’s “supervenience argument.” A central feat...
| Published in: | Synthese Vol. 165; no. 1; pp. 53 - 76 |
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Springer Nature
Nov2008
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