The uses of infinity: a philosopher looks at emergent phenomena in physics
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Presenter: Jeremy Butterfield
Published: January 2010
Age: 18-22 and upwards
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Type: Lectures
Source/institution: Royal Society
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Emergence, and its contrary, reduction, are buzz-words in both physics and philosophy. Both physicists and philosophers disagree about the extent to which we can understand large-scale or complex phenomena in terms of their microscopic parts.