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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

THE MAIN PAPER. “Greater than the parts: A review of the information decomposition approach to causal emergence,” By Pedro A.M. Mediano, et al. (Universities of Cambridge, London, Sussex, Tokyo, Toronto and San Francisco). https://lnkd.in/eFDvNHBt View in LinkedIn

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“THE BRAIN is, basically speaking, a predictive machine, designed to reduce environmental incertitude.” https://lnkd.in/eiz2uZmG View in LinkedIn

LIMITS OF MIND. “Physics lacks well-established examples of strong emergence, unless it is interpreted as the impossibility in practice to explain the whole in terms of the parts. Practical impossibility may be a more useful distinction than one in principle, since it is easier to determine and quantify, and does not imply the use of mysterious forces, but simply reflects the limits of our capability.” https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emergence View in LinkedIn