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Supervenience: New Essays
Hardback
Main Details
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Supervenience: New Essays
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| Authors and Contributors |
Edited by Elias E. Savellos
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Edited by Umit D. Yalcin
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| Physical Properties |
| Format:Hardback | | Pages:334 | | Dimensions(mm): Height 236,Width 160 |
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| Category/Genre | Analytical philosophy and Logical Positivism
Philosophy of the mind |
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| ISBN/Barcode |
9780521450027
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| Classifications | Dewey:110 |
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| Audience | | Professional & Vocational | |
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| Illustrations |
12 Line drawings, unspecified
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Publishing Details |
| Publisher |
Cambridge University Press
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| Imprint |
Cambridge University Press
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| Publication Date |
28 July 1995 |
| Publication Country |
United Kingdom
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Description
Supervenience is one of the 'hot discoveries' of recent analytic philosophy, and this collection of new essays on the topic represents a 'state of the art' examination of it and its application to major areas of philosophy. The interest in supervenience has much to do with the flexibility of the concept. To say that x supervenes on y indicates a degree of dependence without committing one to the view that x can be reduced to y. Thus supervenience is a relationship that has the potential of replacing the traditional notion of dependence, while performing at least part of the function reductive relationships were supposed to fulfil. Moreover, since it is a topic-neutral concept, supervenience has a wide range of applicability.
Reviews"A wide-ranging collection of essays...The volume is well organized..." Don Ross, Philosophy in Review
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