Date of the talk: 13th November 2024

Abstract:
Emergence can (potentially) integrate across otherwise dual metaphysics of basic substances or atoms on one hand and higher ‘level’ phenomena, including mental phenomena, on the other. But there are strong arguments against the possibility of emergence, such as from Jaegwon Kim. I will argue that such arguments against emergence assume a metaphysics of ‘atoms’ (particles); that that metaphysics is false; that an alternative is a metaphysics of process; and that process metaphysics makes the possibility of emergence coherent and ubiquitous.