Inference Rules, Emergent Wholes and Supervenient

Computer images are “emergent wholes” in relation to their pixels. This may seem to suggest that there cannot be any valid formal inference rule connecting such images with their constituents. However, there is one; one that applies to many kinds of emergent wholes. The rule is extracted from R.M. H...

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Main Author: Ingvar Johansson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Paderborn University: Media Systems and Media Organisation Research Group 2008-07-01
Series:tripleC: Communication, Capitalism & Critique
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Online Access:https://www.triple-c.at/index.php/tripleC/article/view/28