The argument that emergence is strictly impossible is rooted in the ancient dictum 'ex nihilo, nihil fit,' which Wilhelm Wundt appealed to in his 1892/1894 work.

Authors

• Person: William Seager, Sean Allen-Hermanson Organization: Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
  Panpsychism (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy/Fall 2015 Edition)

Sources

• Panpsychism (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy/Fall 2015 Edition) plato.stanford.edu William Seager, Sean Allen-Hermanson · Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy via serper

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• emergence concept
• Wilhelm Wundt entity