A Mereology for Emergence [Book Symposium]
Issue: Issue 19 • Author/s: Claudio Calosi
Topics: Metaphysics, Ontology, Philosophy of science
The paper first investigates the tension between reductive accounts of mereological structure and emergence as characterized in Jessica Wilson’s seminal work. It then suggests a new mereology for emergence. Finally, the resulting account is applied to a paradigmatic case of an emergent whole.