Okay, while I like the word transcendent, and based on its etymology I think it works fine, it's clearly introducing unintended confusion.
The principle I'm talking about is this: that some supervenient properties, once they supervene, are not so much a product of the specific mechanism on which they supervene, but on an underlying principle. So a wave supervenes on the relationship between gravity, surface tension, etc. rather than on water molecules (or molten lava molecules or whatever).
My question is this: what simple word, other than transcendence, could you call this idea?
The principle I'm talking about is this: that some supervenient properties, once they supervene, are not so much a product of the specific mechanism on which they supervene, but on an underlying principle. So a wave supervenes on the relationship between gravity, surface tension, etc. rather than on water molecules (or molten lava molecules or whatever).
My question is this: what simple word, other than transcendence, could you call this idea?
