Emergence |
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| Authors: | Robert Michael Francescotti |
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| Affiliation: | (1) Philosophy, San Diego State University, 5500 Campanile Drive, San Diego, CA 92182, USA |
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| Abstract: | Here I offer a precise analysis of what it takes for a property to count as emergent. The features widely considered crucial to emergence include novelty, unpredictability, supervenience, relationality, and downward causal influence. By acknowledging each of these distinctive features, the definition provided below captures an important sense in which the whole can be more than the sum of its parts. |
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| Keywords: | Downward causation Emergent properties Novelty Parts Predictability Relationality Supervenience Wholes |
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