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An Examination and Critique of Bottom-Up Causation in the Interpretation of Free Will, Focusing on the Non-Reductionist Approach [PDF]

Comparative Theology
In the reductionist view, humans are considered entirely physical beings, and therefore, their behaviors must be subject to the laws of nature. Consequently, this perspective concludes that humans cannot be free, autonomous, or morally responsible.
Tayybhe Gholami, Zahra khazaei
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Disentangling the Vitalism–Emergentism Knot

, 2017
Starting with the observation that there exist contradictory claims in the literature about the relationship between vitalism and emergentism – be it one of inclusion or, on the contrary, exclusion –, this paper aims at disentangling the vitalism ...
Olivier Sartenaer, Sartenaer, Olivier
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The dialog between psychoanalysis and neuroscience: what does philosophy of mind say?

Trends in Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, 2014
Objective: To briefly review how the main monist and dualist currents of philosophy of mind approach the mind-body problem and to describe their association with arguments for and against a closer dialog between psychoanalysis and neuroscience.Methods ...
Elie Cheniaux, Carlos Eduardo de Sousa Lyra   +1 more
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What is wrong with failed art?

Studi di Estetica, 2021
The aim of this paper is to argue that proper artistic failure may turn out to be artistically appreciated and even considered as artistically successful.
Adam Andrzejewski, Alessandro Bertinetto
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Panpsychism, Emergentism and the Metaphysics of Causation [PDF]

, 2018
This article uses causation to show that panpsychism and emergentism share far less than most philosophers suppose. It argues that panpsychism has features, among them its rationalism, that force what the article calls a strong account of causation.
Lewtas, Patrick Kuehner
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The historical and philosophical roots of emergentism in the neurosciences

, 2023
Understanding and characterizing the relationship between mental phenomena and the brain is a huge challenge for modern neuroscience. No doubt, the conservative orthodox view of this relationship can be described as physicalist.
Baumeister, Alan, Alan Baumeister
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Emergentism and complexity in Michael Polanyi’s thought [PDF]

, 2022
Starting from a relatively brief --but hopefully understandable-- description of Michael Polanyi's ideas about emergentism and complexity, we will present a perspective of scientific knowledge under the aegis of two of his most relevant maxims: i) we ...
Muniz, Leandro T., Videira, António Augusto Passos   +1 more
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The social neuroscience and the theory of integrative levels

Frontiers in Integrative Neuroscience, 2015
The theory of integrative levels provides a general description of the evolution of matter through successive orders of complexity and integration. Along its development, material forms pass through different levels of organization, such as physical ...
Raquel eBello-Morales, José M Delgado-García   +1 more
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Emergentism and the Contingent Solubility of Salt [PDF]

, 2018
Alexander Bird (2001; 2002; 2007) offers a powerful argument showing that, regardless of whether necessitarianism or contingentism about laws is true, salt necessarily dissolves in water.
Chan, Lok-Chi
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Transdisciplinarity Needs Systemism

Systems, 2017
The main message of this paper is that systemism is best suited for transdisciplinary studies. A description of disciplinary sciences, transdisciplinary sciences and systems sciences is given, along with their different definitions of aims, scope and ...
Wolfgang Hofkirchner
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