On the Reality of Emergents

The controversy over the notion of emergence has recently re-emerged But a rigorous debate concerning how it might be explained or defined often lacking Emergence is discussed heir under two strict conditions (I) emergents can be predictable from the knowledge about a system's parts, (11) emerg...

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Published in:Principia: An International Journal of Epistemology
Main Author: Charbel Niño El-Hani
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina 2002-06-01
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Online Access:http://www.periodicos.ufsc.br/index.php/principia/article/view/17031/15594