Powers of Wholes and Parts

That i s just the practice, however. The problem has always b een how i t works in theory, and how i t does so without w reaking havoc upon a fairly successful way of understanding the world. There i s an idea that a l l other sciences rest on, and are ul timately expla ined in terms of, fundamental phys ics . Emergentism is at odds with this because i t tell s us th at th e bottom level isn’t everything.