ABSTRACT
Emergentists have to defend their highly controversial view on several fronts, the most harshly fought of which is that between the emergentists and orthodox scientifi c naturalists. In the last years, in particular, an eliminativist strategy has become increasingly popular with orthodox scientifi c naturalists, which-if correct and generalized-could potentially annihilate emergentism (as well as all other forms of non-reductive naturalism). This chapter will discuss an interesting example of this strategy and propose some possible replies on behalf of the emergentists.
