Redefining emergence: Making the case for contextual emergence in critical realism

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dc.contributor.authorNavarrete, Cristian
dc.contributor.authorFryer, Tom
dc.date.accessioned2025-01-20T17:09:26Z
dc.date.available2025-01-20T17:09:26Z
dc.date.issued2024
dc.description.abstractEmergence is central to critical realism, but there has been little attempt to develop a systematic account of this concept within the tradition. Two notable exceptions are seen in the work of Dave Elder-Vass and Tony Lawson. However, both face problems in responding to reductionist claims and accounting for downward causation. This paper proposes contextual emergence as a robust alternative that overcomes these issues and provides a better justification for critical realism's stratified worldview. Contextual emergence explains that while properties at a lower 'level' offer necessary conditions, for emergence to obtain, there must also be contingent conditions at a higher 'level'. This approach maintains many of critical realism's intuitions about emergence, providing a robust account of ontological stratification and downward causation.
dc.fuente.origenWOS
dc.identifier.doi10.1111/jtsb.12414
dc.identifier.eissn1468-5914
dc.identifier.issn0021-8308
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1111/jtsb.12414
dc.identifier.urihttps://repositorio.uc.cl/handle/11534/91042
dc.identifier.wosidWOS:001152510600001
dc.issue.numero2
dc.language.isoen
dc.pagina.final184
dc.pagina.inicio167
dc.revistaJournal for the theory of social behaviour
dc.rightsacceso restringido
dc.subjectcontextual emergence
dc.subjectcritical realism
dc.subjectemergence
dc.subjectontology
dc.subjectreduction
dc.subjectsystems
dc.titleRedefining emergence: Making the case for contextual emergence in critical realism
dc.typeartículo
dc.volumen54
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sipa.trazabilidadWOS;2025-01-12
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