I’d like to start by thanking Simone Gozzano, the patient editor and shepherd of this volume, Massimo Dell’Utri, the benevolent editor-in-chief of Argumenta, and Michele Paolini Paoletti, who initially suggested that an issue of Argumenta be devoted to Metaphysical Emergence. Simone, special thanks for your encouragement and your efforts; this is a great honour for me, and you have been a fantastic (and patient) collaborator, in print and in song. I’d also like to sincerely thank my commentators for their illuminating, fruitful, and provocative discussions of my book. The diversity of topics they have addressed, highlighting connections between metaphysical emergence and areas ranging from ontology to property theory to counterfactuals to mereology to quantum field theory to biochemistry and beyond, is truly striking, and…
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