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- noun philosophy The state or quality of being
supervenient , of being in a dependency relationship such that an object with thesupervened properties must also have the supervening properties
Etymologies
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Jaegwon Kim (1984, 1987, 1988, 1990, 1993), David Lewis (1983), and others began to examine the notion of supervenience itself, and to explore its usefulness for a wide variety of philosophical purposes.
Supervenience McLaughlin, Brian 2005
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But regardless of how long the notion of supervenience has been around, or who first used the term ˜supervenience™ in its philosophical sense, it is indisputable that Donald Davidson played a key role in bringing the idea to center stage.
Supervenience McLaughlin, Brian 2005
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A somewhat less restrictive view than reductionism is the theory of "supervenience" between levels of scientific description.
Methodological individualism Daniel Little 2008
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A somewhat less restrictive view than reductionism is the theory of "supervenience" between levels of scientific description.
Archive 2008-06-01 Daniel Little 2008
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Fs. (61) SFN transformations assert a kind of supervenience condition on Fs: if the relevant non-F conditions obtain, Fs exist and have the relevant features.
Propositions McGrath, Matthew 2007
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"supervenience" goes back to G. E.Moore's work on ethics.
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"supervenience" goes back to G. E.Moore's work on ethics.
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"supervenience", mind-brain identity, epiphenomenalism, or simply denying that mental or other non-physical events can be causes.
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"supervenience", mind-brain identity, epiphenomenalism, or simply denying that mental or other non-physical events can be causes.
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While reductionistic understandings agree that supervenience occurs, reductionistic supervenience maintains that there are consistent principles that function in the same way at both levels.
Panentheism Culp, John 2009
john commented on the word supervenience
I know this is a philosophical term, but I prefer to think of it as the overarching goal of all convenience, as the state of advanced convenience to which we are continually evolving.
May 16, 2007