Metaphysics of emergence
Emergent levels show novelty, autonomy and partial dependence on their base, with downward causation. The consistent problems of existence — finitude, irreversibility, unpredictability — are answered by contingent, emergent responses.
Founds the micro→macro step without reductionism or methodological individualism: the social is an emergent, inscribed level. The consistent problems are the circumstance; identity and belonging are inscribed answers to them.
Chapters and companion operations that rely on this operator are listed from the chapter map. Primary sources are cited in the book; this page does not replace them.