Search results for " Downward Causation"
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Saggezza dei patterns e nuove strategie cooperative
2013
The paper aims to analyze the concept of downward causation and the role that it plays in the theoretical frameworks of biology and cognitive science.
Linguaggio Tempo Narrazione
2009
La natura del segno linguistico è esaminata attraverso le nozioni matematiche di linearità e non-linearità. The paper aims to explain two distinct but related aspects of the linguistic sign. That is to say: linearity and non-linearity. In order to satisfy this theoretical purpose, we will seek to analyze the conceptual background of saussurean linguistics in the light of some insights of the so-called emergentist epistemologies. As we will show, the concept of downward causation play a pivotal role in such a theoretical framework.
Emergence, Life, and Complexity
2021
This paper aims at explaining some pivotal features of the concept of emergence: a) downward causation; b) process-ontology; c) configurational metaphysics.