La superveniencia
Example: La superveniencia en filosofía explica cómo las propiedades mentales dependen de las físicas.
Definition
"La superveniencia" in philosophy refers to the relationship where mental properties depend on physical properties, meaning changes in the mental realm cannot occur without corresponding changes in the physical realm. It explains how one set of properties is determined by another.
Etymology
"La superveniencia" comes from the Latin verb 'supervenire,' meaning 'to come upon' or 'to occur additionally.' In philosophy, it evolved to describe how certain properties emerge or depend upon others, reflecting the idea of one thing 'coming over' another.
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"La superveniencia" appears in the Vocaplus list "Spanish - Philosophy - (C2) - set 1", containing 120 commonly used words.
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