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The Matter of Emergence: Material Artifacts and Social Structure

Author: Philip S. Gorski

Published in: Qualitative Sociology | Issue 2/2016

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“Emergence” is the idea that wholes can be greater than the sums of their parts (Bedau and Humphreys 2008). “Greater” in what sense though? First, in the sense of forming a pattern of some kind. Second, in the sense of influencing the behavior of the observer. Third, and finally, in the sense of possessing a causal power not possessed by its constituent parts in isolation. Philosophers refer to these types as “property emergence,” “epistemological emergence,” and “ontological emergence,” respectively. …

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Title: The Matter of Emergence: Material Artifacts and Social Structure
Author: Philip S. Gorski
Publication date: 11-04-2016
Publisher: Springer US
Published in: Qualitative Sociology / Issue 2/2016
Print ISSN: 0162-0436
Electronic ISSN: 1573-7837
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11133-016-9328-5

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