On Thu, Feb 12, 2009 at 09:52:45PM +0100, Jochen Fromm wrote: > Interesting article. In principle, all the different sciences > are just one science at a different level of abstraction. > Would you agree with the following statements: > ( weak and strong terms in the sense of > http://www.cas-group.net/wiki/Emergence ) > > A case of strong emergence (or supervenience)
Supervenience is not equivalent to strong emergence. It is more akin to nominal emergence, which is a more general notion than even weak emergence. I think the above wiki article defines terms in a very unusual, and probably not helpful way. Cheers -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Prof Russell Standish Phone 0425 253119 (mobile) Mathematics UNSW SYDNEY 2052 [email protected] Australia http://www.hpcoders.com.au ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ============================================================ FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org
