Emergence: Contemporary Readings in Philosophy and Science (Bradford Books) by Mark A. Bedau
Emergence: Contemporary Readings in Philosophy and Science (Bradford Books) by Mark A. Bedau
A Bradford Book; 1 edition | March 28, 2008 | English | ISBN: 026202621X | 481 pages | PDF | 4 MB
A Bradford Book; 1 edition | March 28, 2008 | English | ISBN: 026202621X | 481 pages | PDF | 4 MB
Emergence, largely ignored just thirty years ago, has become one of the liveliest areas of research in both philosophy and science. Fueled by advances in complexity theory, artificial life, physics, psychology, sociology, and biology and by the parallel development of new conceptual tools in philosophy, the idea of emergence offers a way to understand a wide variety of complex phenomena in ways that are intriguingly different from more traditional approaches. This reader collects for the first time in one easily accessible place classic writings on emergence from contemporary philosophy and science.