Downward Causation: Minds, Bodies and Matter

by Peter Bøgh Andersen

Downward causation is found in two-level and multi-level systems with complex behaviour generated by many components interacting in a simple or complex way. The term was coined by the social psychologist and philosopher Donald T. Campbell, who asked the question: If many small-scale interactions can create emergent large-scale patterns, can large-scale patterns re-influence the small-scale interactions that generated them? This has led to many further...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 8772888148
• ISBN13: 9788772888149
• Release Date: November 2001
• Publisher: Aarhus University Press
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.9" x 9.7"