caa a22 4500 467906203 CHVBK 20180406152835.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170328e20061201xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s10701-006-9082-8 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s10701-006-9082-8 Contextual Emergence in the Description of Properties [Elektronische Daten] [Robert Bishop, Harald Atmanspacher] The role of contingent contexts in formulating relations between properties of systems at different descriptive levels is addressed. Based on the distinction between necessary and sufficient conditions for interlevel relations, a comprehensive classification of such relations is proposed, providing a transparent conceptual framework for discussing particular versions of reduction, emergence, and supervenience. One of these versions, contextual emergence, is demonstrated using two physical examples: molecular structure and chirality, and thermal equilibrium and temperature. The concept of stability is emphasized as a basic guiding principle of contextual property emergence. Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, 2006 contextual emergence nationallicence contextual observables nationallicence molecular shape nationallicence temperature nationallicence topology nationallicence stability nationallicence Bishop Robert Department of Philosophy, Rice University, 77251, Houston, Tx, USA aut Atmanspacher Harald Institut für Grenzgebiete der Psychologie und Psychohygiene, Wilhelmstr., 3a, 79098, Freiburg, Germany aut Foundations of Physics Kluwer Academic Publishers-Plenum Publishers; http://www.springer-ny.com 36/12(2006-12-01), 1753-1777 0015-9018 36:12<1753 2006 36 10701 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10701-006-9082-8 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10701-006-9082-8 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Bishop Robert Department of Philosophy, Rice University, 77251, Houston, Tx, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Atmanspacher Harald Institut für Grenzgebiete der Psychologie und Psychohygiene, Wilhelmstr., 3a, 79098, Freiburg, Germany aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Foundations of Physics Kluwer Academic Publishers-Plenum Publishers; http://www.springer-ny.com 36/12(2006-12-01), 1753-1777 0015-9018 36:12<1753 2006 36 10701 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer