Kim on Emergence

• Published in: Philosophical studies Vol. 108; no. 1/2; pp. 53 - 63
• Main Author: Shoemaker, Sydney
• Format: Journal Article Conference Proceeding
• Language: English
• Published: Heidelberg Kluwer Academic Publishers 01.03.2002; Sringer; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Causality; Causation; Chemical elements; Emergent properties; Emergentism; Epistemology. Philosophy of science. Theory of knowledge; Instantiation; Philosophy; Physical properties; Resultants; Supervenience; Symposium on "Making Sense of Emergence"; Netherlands; Entity; Kim (J.); Causation; Emergence; Supervenience; Determination; Causality; Microphysics; Property; Physics; Power; Diachronicity

Emergence requires that the ultimate physical micro-entities have "micro-latent" causal powers, which manifest themselves only when the entities are combined in ways that are "emergence-engendering," in addition to the "micro-manifest" powers that account for their beha...