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Natural Fabrications: Science, Emergence and Consciousness

By William Seager (auth.)

Book information

Publisher
Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
Year
2012
ISBN
978-3-642-29598-0, 978-3-642-29599-7
DOI
10.1007/978-3-642-29599-7
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
2 MB (2582753 bytes)
Series
The Frontiers Collection
Edition
1
Pages
264\257
Orientation
yes
Scanned
yes
Time added
2013-08-01 04:00:00
Dynamical Systems and Complexity;Philosophy of MinStatistical Physics

Description

The spectacular success of the scientific enterprise over the last four hundred years has led to the promise of an all encompassing vision of the natural world. In this elegant picture, everything we observe is based upon just a few fundamental processes and entities. The almost infinite variety and complexity of the world is thus the product of emergence. But the concept of emergence is fraught with controversy and confusion. This book ponders the question of how emergence should be understood within the scientific picture, and whether a complete vision of the world can be attained that includes consciousness.

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