La supervenance
Example: La supervenance explique comment les propriétés mentales dépendent du physique.
Definition
"La supervenance" refers to a philosophical concept describing how certain properties, such as mental states, depend on and are determined by another set of properties, like physical states, without being reducible to them. It explains the dependence relationship between different levels of properties.
Etymology
The term "la supervenance" comes from the French verb 'supervenir,' meaning 'to occur additionally' or 'to come upon.' It reflects the idea of one set of properties coming in addition to, or depending upon, another. The concept was adopted in philosophy to describe dependency relations between properties.
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