Overview
- Represents the latest research, executed by top scientists in various fields, on the concept of top-down causation
- Combines an interdisciplinary perspective with a unique univocity in its definition of top-down causation
- Of importance to anyone interested in the work of George Ellis, as it presents diverse and thorough engagements with his work on causation
Part of the book series: Synthese Library (SYLI, volume 439)
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Table of contents (17 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Applications of George Ellis’s Theory of Causation
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The View from Physics
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The View from the Life Sciences
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The Debate on Top-Down Causation and Emergence
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Responses
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Keywords
About this book
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Markus Gabriel is professor for philosophy at the Univeristät Bonn, holding the chair for epistemology, modern and contemporary philosophy. In ontology, he has been one of the frontline proponents of new realism, with his fields of sense ontology widely regarded as a key innovation in theoretical philosophy, worked extensively in epistemology and pioneered neo-existentialism in philosophy of mind. Apart from this, aesthetics, philosophy of religion, German idealism (most prominently Schelling), ancient philosophy, as well as philosophy of the 20th century can be counted amongst his areas of expertise. He was professor at the New School for Social Research, New York, and visiting professor at various universities, for instance Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, University of California Berkeley, Universidade Federal do Ceará Fortaleza, and many others. He is head of the International Centre for Philosophy NRW and the Center for Science and Thought at the Universität Bonn.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Top-Down Causation and Emergence
Editors: Jan Voosholz, Markus Gabriel
Series Title: Synthese Library
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-71899-2
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Religion and Philosophy, Philosophy and Religion (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-71898-5Published: 07 August 2021
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-71901-2Published: 08 August 2022
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-71899-2Published: 06 August 2021
Series ISSN: 0166-6991
Series E-ISSN: 2542-8292
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVI, 408
Number of Illustrations: 29 b/w illustrations
Topics: Philosophy of Science, History and Philosophical Foundations of Physics, Mathematical Logic and Foundations