supervenience

<philosophy of mind, ontology> a set of properties or facts M supervenes on a set of properties or facts P if and only if there can be no changes or differences in M without there being changes or differences in P.

Pete Mandik <pete@twinearth.wustl.edu>

Chris Eliasmith - [Dictionary of Philosophy of Mind] Homepage

<2001-03-16>

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