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TWO TYPES. “Usage of the notion "emergence" may generally be subdivided into two perspectives, that of "weak emergence" and "strong emergence".” https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emergence View in LinkedIn

ORIGIN OF COMPLEXITY. “Corning stated: "It is the synergistic effects produced by wholes that are the very cause of the evolution of complexity in nature." https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emergence View in LinkedIn

FEATURES OF EMERGENCE. The common characteristics are: “(1) radical novelty (features not previously observed in systems); (2) coherence or correlation (meaning integrated wholes that maintain themselves over some period of time); (3) A global or macro "level" (i.e. there is some property of "wholeness"); (4) it is the product of a dynamical process (it evolves); and (5) it is "ostensive" (it can be perceived).” (Corning, 2002). https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emergence View in LinkedIn

A DEFINITION. Goldstein initially defined emergence as: "the arising of novel and coherent structures, patterns and properties during the process of self-organization in complex systems". (1999). https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emergence View in LinkedIn

EMERGENCE. “In philosophy, systems theory, science, and art, emergence occurs when an entity is observed to have properties its parts do not have on their own, properties or behaviors which emerge only when the parts interact in a wider whole. Emergence plays a central role in theories of integrative levels and of complex systems.” https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emergence View in LinkedIn

FRAGMENT FROM NATURE concerns the phenomenon of emergence. “The phrase “more is different” was coined by PW Anderson in 1972, and sums up emergent phenomena, which occur when things scale to large numbers and transition into complex systems with new laws, such as the behavior of bird flocking, fish shoals, ripples in sand; new properties appear which are not present in their constituent parts. https://medium.com/sfi-30-foundations-frontiers/emergence-a-unifying-theme-for-21st-century-science-4324ac0f951e#:~:text=Examples%20of%20emergent%20behavior%20are,and%20planets%2C%20the%20evolution%20of View in LinkedIn

CONTESTED SUBJECT. “A distinctively controversial topic, research on emergence has been characterised by differing assumptions and positions — explicit and implicit — about its nature and role within science.” https://lnkd.in/eFDvNHBt View in LinkedIn

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BROAD APPLICABILITY. “Emergence is a profound subject that straddles many scientific disciplines, including the formation of galaxies and how consciousness arises from the collective activity of neurons. Despite the broad interest that exists on this concept, the study of emergence has suffered from a lack of formalisms that could be used to guide discussions and advance theories.” https://lnkd.in/eFDvNHBt View in LinkedIn

LEAD AUTHOR, Pedro A.M. Mediano, Cambridge University. “Coffee-powered beast-machine? Consciousness and Cognition Lab. Partial information decomposition. Can the whole be more than the sum of its parts? Most definitely. Information theory in neuroscience? Do neurons talk if no one’s there to hear them?” https://lnkd.in/e2YDkys8 View in LinkedIn