On Sun, Jul 23, 2006 at 08:45:05AM -0400, Phil Henshaw wrote:
> So, I agree, the central phenomenon is the new appearance of the
> definable.
>
> Complexity has other meanings and referents (some of which are almost
> the opposite) but that's the main show, and reason for there being any
> real interest. Anyone care to start a list of the defining observables
> of emergence?
>
Surely that varies from system to system. What is the use of such a list,
aside from having a few archetypal examples to inform one's intuition
(eg thermodynamic variables in statistical mechanics or gliders in Game
of Life).
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