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A Phenomenological Revision of E. E. Harris's Dialectical HolismLevels of Complexity Within the Cosmos

A Phenomenological Revision of E. E. Harris's Dialectical Holism: Levels of Complexity Within the... [This chapter examines in greater detail Harris’s conception of cosmic evolution, which he claims follows from the postulate of the Concrete Universal and supports his teleological anthropic principle (TAP). Section 5.2 begins with a sketch of Harris’s conception of cosmogenesis as characterized by self-organization. The following sub-sections assess the extent to which Harris’s reasoning dovetails with various contemporary arguments from the philosophy of complex systems. In Sect. 5.3, Harris’s arguments for the scale of forms is critically examined and theoretically updated, in light of current contentions regarding emergence. The aim in this section, as in the previous sections, is to develop a sympathetic reading of Harris’s system and demonstrate the extent to which he has anticipated contemporary works.] http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

A Phenomenological Revision of E. E. Harris's Dialectical HolismLevels of Complexity Within the Cosmos

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Springer International Publishing
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978-3-030-65028-5
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161 –206
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10.1007/978-3-030-65029-2_5
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[This chapter examines in greater detail Harris’s conception of cosmic evolution, which he claims follows from the postulate of the Concrete Universal and supports his teleological anthropic principle (TAP). Section 5.2 begins with a sketch of Harris’s conception of cosmogenesis as characterized by self-organization. The following sub-sections assess the extent to which Harris’s reasoning dovetails with various contemporary arguments from the philosophy of complex systems. In Sect. 5.3, Harris’s arguments for the scale of forms is critically examined and theoretically updated, in light of current contentions regarding emergence. The aim in this section, as in the previous sections, is to develop a sympathetic reading of Harris’s system and demonstrate the extent to which he has anticipated contemporary works.]

Published: Oct 13, 2021

Keywords: System theory; Emergence; Dialectical evolution; Symmetry breaking

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