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Supervenience vs. Supervene — What's the Difference?

Supervenience vs. Supervene — What's the Difference?

Difference Between Supervenience and Supervene

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Supervenience

In philosophy, supervenience refers to a relation between sets of properties or sets of facts. X is said to supervene on Y if and only if some difference in Y is necessary for any difference in X to be possible.

Supervene

To come or occur as something extraneous, additional, or unexpected.

Supervenience

To come or occur as something extraneous, additional, or unexpected.

Supervene

To follow immediately after; ensue.

Supervenience

To follow immediately after; ensue.
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Supervene

(Philosophy) To be dependent on a set of facts or properties in such a way that change is possible only if change occurs in those facts or properties.

Supervenience

(Philosophy) To be dependent on a set of facts or properties in such a way that change is possible only if change occurs in those facts or properties.

Supervene

(intransitive) To follow (something) closely, either as a consequence or in contrast.

Supervenience

(philosophy) The state or quality of being supervenient, of being in a dependency relationship such that an object with the supervened properties must also have the supervening properties

Supervene

To supersede.

Supervene

To be dependent on an earlier event.

Supervene

(philosophy) To be dependent on something else for existence, truth, or instantiation.

Supervene

To come as something additional or extraneous; to occur with reference or relation to something else; to happen upon or after something else; to be added; to take place; to happen.
Such a mutual gravitation can never supervene to matter unless impressed by divine power.
A tyrany immediately supervened.

Supervene

Take place as an additional or unexpected development

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