‘Is there downward causation in chemistry?’
(2006)
Book Chapter
Hendry, R. (2006). ‘Is there downward causation in chemistry?’. In D. Baird, E. Scerri, & L. McIntyre (Eds.), Philosophy of chemistry : synthesis of a new discipline (173-189). Springer Verlag
Physicalism is the thesis that everything is either physical, or depends on the physical. It is usually taken to be committed to the causal closure of physics. But if physics is causally closed, then there can be no genuine causation from the entitie... Read More about ‘Is there downward causation in chemistry?’.