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| Emergence: Emergence in science is the phenomenon of new properties or behaviors arising from the interaction of simpler components. It is often seen in complex systems, such as the human brain, the immune system, and ecosystems. See also Complexity, Properties, Systems, Levels, Description levels._____________Annotation: The above characterizations of concepts are neither definitions nor exhausting presentations of problems related to them. Instead, they are intended to give a short introduction to the contributions below. – Lexicon of Arguments. | |||
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David Chalmers on Emergence - Dictionary of Arguments
I 129 Emergence/Consciousness/Chalmers: it is sometimes asked why I do not assume that consciousness emerges from physical facts. >Consciousness/Chalmers. ChalmersVsEmergence: the well-known examples of emergence, e.g. Self-organization in biological systems or patterns in bird flocks are not analogous to consciousness. >Self organisation. Consciousness: should be emergent in a much stronger sense. E.g. Broad 1925 (1): >Determinism, >Predictions, >Levels/order. Emergence/Broad: According to his thesis, emergent properties are not even predictable from all known physical properties of a more basic level. ChalmersVsBroad: this is a strong variant of the property dualism. I 130 It would require additional fundamental laws. >Property dualism, >Laws of nature, >Completeness. 1. C. D. Broad, Mind and Its Place in Natur, London 1925_____________Explanation of symbols: Roman numerals indicate the source, arabic numerals indicate the page number. The corresponding books are indicated on the right hand side. ((s)…): Comment by the sender of the contribution. Translations: Dictionary of Arguments The note [Concept/Author], [Author1]Vs[Author2] or [Author]Vs[term] resp. "problem:"/"solution:", "old:"/"new:" and "thesis:" is an addition from the Dictionary of Arguments. If a German edition is specified, the page numbers refer to this edition. |
Cha I D. Chalmers The Conscious Mind Oxford New York 1996 Cha II D. Chalmers Constructing the World Oxford 2014 |
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