title: Contextual emergence of mental states.
abstract: The concept of contextual emergence has been proposed as a non-reductive, yet well-defined relation between different levels of description of physical and other systems. It yields a formally sound and empirically applicable procedure to translate between descriptive levels in an overall consistent fashion. This will be discussed for the contextual emergence of mental states from a neural level of description.
authors.affiliation: Collegium Helveticum, University and ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland. atmanspacher@collegium.ethz.ch.
authors.forename: Harald
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Atmanspacher
mesh_terms: D003210:Concept Formation / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D008606:Mental Processes / Q000502:physiology*; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D011582:Psychological Theory
keywords: Bridge laws; Coarse graining; Cognitive neuroscience; Emergence; Interlevel relations; Mechanics; Mental causation; Philosophy of mind; Philosophy of science; Reduction; Symbolic dynamics; Thermodynamics