Ideas from 'Postscripts on supervenience' by Jaegwon Kim [1993], by Theme Structure

[found in 'Supervenience and Mind' by Kim,Jaegwon [CUP 1993,0-521-43996-5]].

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7. Existence / C. Structure of Existence / 5. Supervenience / c. Significance of supervenience

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Supervenience is not a dependence relation, on the lines of causal, mereological or semantic dependence

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Supervenience is just a 'surface' relation of pattern covariation, which still needs deeper explanation