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Index
Book title
Introduction
Asymptotic Reasoning
Universality
Intertheoretic Relations
Emergence
Conclusion
Philosophical Theories of Explanation
Hempelian Explanation and Its Successors
Conclusion
Asymptotic Explanation
The General Strategy
"Intermediate Asymptotics"
Conclusion: The Role of Stability
Philosophical Models of Reduction
Nagelian Reduction
Multiple Realizability
Kim's "Functional Model of Reduction"
A Metaphysical Mystery
Multiple Realizability as Universality
Conclusion
Intertheoretic Relations— Optics
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Singular Limits
Universality: Diffraction Catastrophe Scaling Laws
Conclusion
Intertheoretic Relations— Mechanics
Classical and Quantum Theories
The WKB Method
Semiclassical "Emergents"
Conclusion
Emergence
Emergence and the Philosophy of Mind
The Rainbow Revisited: An Example of Emergence?
A New Sense of Emergence
Tenet 5: Novel Causal Powers?
Conclusion
Conclusions
Bibliography
Index
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