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Essential Difference - Toward a Metaphysics of Emergence (Paperback)
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Essential Difference - Toward a Metaphysics of Emergence (Paperback)
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Is metaphysics possible? This book argues that the greatest threat
to its viability derives from a self-destructive formalism. If what
is essential to the nature of physical entities are the properties
they have in common (as formalism holds), the inevitable result
will be a reductionist collapse leaving only being or physical
matter or some other underlying ground. In Essential Difference,
James Blachowicz first constructs a one-to-one historical parallel
between the modern crisis surrounding formalism (Hume/Kant/Hegel)
and the ancient version (Parmenides/Plato/Aristotle), focusing on
the principles of differentiation and individuation that underlie
Aristotle s and Hegel s antireductionist programs. He then proposes
a contemporary metaphysical theory of emergence in the context of
recent philosophy of science. This theory, founded on the principle
of the nonderivability of actual states from possible states, holds
that the differences among physical, biological, and mental
phenomena are essential to any metaphysics. Essential Difference is
the only focused treatment of this problem and is itself essential
for any understanding of the nature of metaphysics."
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