The Re-Emergence of Emergence
The Emergentist Hypothesis from Science to Religion
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Product details:
- Publisher OUP Oxford
- Date of Publication 29 June 2006
- ISBN 9780199287147
- Binding Hardback
- No. of pages344 pages
- Size 242x163x25 mm
- Weight 693 g
- Language English
- Illustrations 7 figures 0
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Short description:
This volume introduces readers to emergence theory, outlines the major arguments in its defence, and summarizes the most powerful objections against it. It provides the clearest explication yet of this exciting new theory of science, which challenges the reductionist approach by proposing the continuous emergence of novel phenomena.
MoreLong description:
Much of the modern period was dominated by a `reductionist' theory of science. On this view, to explain any event in the world is to reduce it down to fundamental particles, laws, and forces. In recent years reductionism has been dramatically challenged by a radically new paradigm called `emergence'. According to this new theory, natural history reveals the continuous emergence of novel phenomena: new structures and new organisms with new causal powers. Consciousness is yet one more emergent level in the natural hierarchy. Many theologians and religious scholars believe that this new paradigm may offer new insights into the nature of God and God's relation to the world.
This volume introduces readers to emergence theory, outlines the major arguments in its defence, and summarizes the most powerful objections against it. Written by experts but suitable as an introductory text, these essays provide the best available presentation of this exciting new field and its potentially momentous implications.
The book edited by Clayton and Davies gathers fourteen contributions of great scientific and philosophical quality, signed by the best scholars working in that field.
Table of Contents:
Conceptual Foundations of Emergence Theory
I. The Physical Sciences
The Physics of Downward Causation
The Emergence of Classicality from Quantum Theory
On the Nature of Emergent Reality
II. The Biological Sciences
Emergence: The Hole at the Wheel's Hub
The Role of Emergence in Biology
Emergence in Social Evolution: A Great Ape Example
III. Consciousness and Emergence
Being Realistic about Emergence
In Defence of Ontological Emergence and Mental Causation
Emergence and Mental Causation
Varieties of Emergence
IV. Religion and Emergence
Emergence, Mind, and Divine Action: The Hierarchy of the Sciences in Relation to the Human Mind-Brain-Body
Emergence: What is at Stake for Religious Reflection?
Emergence from Quantum Physics to Religion: A Critical Appraisal
