arXiv Open Access 2007

Reductionism, emergence, and levels of abstractions

Russ Abbott

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Can there be independent higher level laws of nature if everything is reducible to the fundamental laws of physics? The computer science notion of level of abstraction explains why there can -- illustrating how computational thinking can solve one of philosophy's most vexing problems.

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Russ Abbott

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Abbott, R. (2007). Reductionism, emergence, and levels of abstractions. https://arxiv.org/abs/0707.4198

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Tahun Terbit: 2007
Bahasa: en
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