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Evolution and Emergence : Systems, Organisms, Persons.
Title:
Evolution and Emergence : Systems, Organisms, Persons.
Author:
Stoeger, SJ, William R.
ISBN:
9780191525469
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (393 pages)
Contents:
Contents -- Abbreviations -- Contributors -- Introduction -- PART I. PHILOSOPHY -- 1. Reductionism: How Did We Fall Into It and Can We Emerge From It? -- 2. Reduction, Emergence, and the Mind/Body Problem: A Philosophic Overview -- 3. Who's In Charge Here? And Who's Doing All the Work? -- 4. Three Levels of Emergent Phenomena -- PART II. SCIENCE -- 5. Science, Complexity, and the Natures of Existence -- 6. Reduction and Emergence in the Physical Sciences: Some Lessons from the Particle Physics and Condensed Matter Debate -- 7. True to Life?: Biological Models of Origin and Evolution -- 8. Nonlinear Science and the Cognitive Hierarchy -- 9. The Emergence of Causally Efficacious Mental Function -- PART III. THEOLOGY -- 10. Reductionism and Emergence: Implications for the Interaction of Theology with the Natural Sciences -- 11. Emergence, Scientific Naturalism, and Theology -- 12. Emergent Realities with Causal Efficacy: Some Philosophical and Theological Applications -- 13. Reduction and Emergence in Artificial Life: A Theological Appropriation -- 14. Toward a Constructive Christian Theology of Emergence -- Postscript -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.
Abstract:
A collection of essays by experts in the field, exploring how nature works to produce systems of increasing complexity from simple components, and how our understanding of this phenomenon of emergence can lead us to a deeper appreciation of both our humanity and our relationship with God.
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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