Volume 29, Issue 3, 2002/2003
Gregory R. Peterson
Pages 23-27
Emergence and Supervenience
A Reply to Philip Clayton
Philip Clayton has put forth a clear and important position regarding the mind-body relationship in terms of supervenient and emergent realities. While I agree with Clayton on many points, I argue that there are important problems with current literature on supervenience and emergence. In particular, I distinguish between closed system emergence and open system emergence, suggesting that Clayton’s position is closer to the latter than the former.