Coarse-graining as a downward causation mechanism
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Coarse-graining as a downward causation mechanism
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عنوان ژورنال: Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences
سال: 2017
ISSN: 1364-503X,1471-2962
DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2016.0338