Emergence and Reductionism: A brief overview
Etxenike, Pedro M.
- Publication year:
- 2025
- Publication place:
- Donostia
- Characteristics:
- BIBLID [0212-7016; eISSN: 2953-4180 (2025), 70, 2]. - Recep.: 25-09-2025; Acep.: 12-11-2025
- DOI:
- doi.org/10.61879/riev702zkia202501
- ISSN:
- 0212-7016; eISSN: 2953-4180
Summary
This article explores the dialogue between reductionism and emergentism in science. While reductionism seeks ultimate laws and unification. emergentism emphasizes the novelty that arises at higher levels of complexity. irreducible to fundamental equations. Using examples from condensed matter physics and superconductivity. the text argues that both approaches are complementary: science progresses by unifying laws while embracing new phenomena that emerge beyond them.
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