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Idea emergencji – zarys ogólny

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Maziarka T.

Zagadnienia Filozoficzne w Nauce

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2013

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issue 52

131-177

PL

This article has an introductory character and systematizes the topic. It introduces the idea of emergence which is currently enjoying something of a renaissance and aims to bring order to the terminology associated with this idea. The article concerns the very beginning of the formation of emergentism and its intuitive understanding. It also presents the main concepts of representative authors of emergentism (S. Alexander, CL Morgan, Ch. D. Broad) as well as the numerous characteristics of emergence (synchronic and diachronic emergence, weak and strong emergence). The article concludes with a systematization of meanings and contexts in which the concept of emergence occurs.

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Rogera Sperry’ego teoria świadomości

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Bremer J.

Zagadnienia Filozoficzne w Nauce

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2017

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issue 63

133-166

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Roger W. Sperry (1913–1994) received the Nobel Prize for Physiology in 1981 for his outstanding scientific achievements in connection with the study of people with severed brain commissures. Sperry linked the results of his research to philosophical considerations pertaining to the conscious mind of human beings and its place in the natural sciences. He was interested in the philosophical question of whether or not the severing of the cerebral hemispheres constituted a violation of the unity of consciousness. Sperry’s explanatory account of mind-body (mind-brain) interaction forms part of a broadly construed theory of emergent interactionism – one that also purports to guarantee the unity of consciousness. In this article, I first present an intellectual profile of Sperry, outlining the evolution of his philosophical-scientific analyses. I then outline the emergence and flourishing of theories of emergence, along with the elements essentially associated with them. Using this as a basis, I go on to consider Sperry’s account of emergent interaction more closely, focusing on his understanding of downward causation. In conclusion, I show how his theory corresponds to a version of emergent interactionism, and seek to address some criticisms leveled against it. I also aim to establish how far this theory can be said to answer the question of the conscious character of mental states.

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Emergencja w biologii – redukcjonizm versus organicyzm

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Chodasewicz K.

Filozofia i Nauka

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2014

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vol. 2

381-401

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The article offers a comparative analysis of the views on biological emergence by two philosophizing scientists – Bernd-Olaf Küppers and Pier Luigi Luisi. Both authors declare different philosophical positions: the former claims to be a reductionist, while the latter considers himself an organicist. Both scientists differ also in their opinions about whether it is possible to define life. Küppers is convinced that life cannot be defined, unless it possesses some emergent properties, while Luisi claims that life exhibits emergent features and can be satisfactorily defined. The confrontation of opinions of both authors leads to unexpected conclusions.

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W artykule przeprowadzam analizę porównawczą poglądów dwóch filozofujących przyrodników – Bernda-Olafa Küppersa oraz Piera Luigi Luisi’ego – na emergencję w biologii. Obaj uczeni deklarują odmienne stanowiska filozoficzne: pierwszy jest zwolennikiem współczesnego mechanicyzmu (redukcjonizmu), drugi uważa się za reprezentanta organicyzmu. Obaj uczeni różnią się też w kwestii definiowania życia. Küppers uważa, że życie nie może zostać ściśle zdefiniowane, jeśli nie posiada ono cech emergentnych. Luisi twierdzi, że życie może być satysfakcjonująco zdefiniowane. Konfrontacja poglądów obu autorów doprowadza do zaskakujących konkluzji.

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Idea emergencji – zarys ogólny

Rogera Sperry’ego teoria świadomości

Emergencja w biologii – redukcjonizm versus organicyzm