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Coarse-graining as a downward causation mechanism

Downward causation is the controversial idea that ‘higher’ levels of organization can causally influence behaviour at ‘lower’ levels of organization. Here I propose that we can gain traction on downward causation by being operational and examining how adaptive systems identify regularities in evolut...

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Autor principal: Flack, Jessica C.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Royal Society Publishing 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5686398/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29133440
http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsta.2016.0338