Top-down causation and emergence¶
Ellis, G. F. R. (2012). Top-down causation and emergence: Some comments on mechanisms. Interface Focus, 2(1), 126-140.
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Primes¶
- Downward Causation
- Multilevel selection (group-level selection affecting gene-level frequencies) involves downward causation at the group level.
This sourceDistinguishes five classes of top-down influence; supports D19-086 (interlevel-causation mechanisms in physics and biology).
Supported in partVerified against the publisher's abstract
Ellis's abstract lists top-down causation via adaptive selection as one of five classes of top-down influence, a general frame that does not itself name multilevel or group-level selection.
“top-down causation via adaptive selection”
- Multilevel selection (group-level selection affecting gene-level frequencies) involves downward causation at the group level.
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