Decoupling emergence and reduction in physics

DOI10.1007/s13194-015-0119-8zbMath1382.81019OpenAlexW1944235650MaRDI QIDQ1705299

Karen Crowther

Publication date: 15 March 2018

Published in: European Journal for Philosophy of Science (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/s13194-015-0119-8

zbMATH Keywords

critical phenomenaquantum field theoryrenormalization groupuniversalityeffective field theorysymmetry breakingautonomyemergencenoveltyRG

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Logical foundations of quantum mechanics; quantum logic (quantum-theoretic aspects) (81P10)

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