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17. Mind and Body / D. Property Dualism / 4. Emergentism

14911	Science is opposed to downward causation [Ladyman/Ross]
	Full Idea: When someone pronounces for downward causation they are in opposition to science.
	From: J Ladyman / D Ross (Every Thing Must Go [2007], 1.6 n54)
	A reaction: Downward causation is the key issue in any debate about whether minds exhibit excitingly 'emergent' properties that somehow put them outside the realm of normal physics. I take that to be nonsense, and I side with science here.