Emergent Entity
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| - | '''Emergent entities''' are properties, patterns or substances which 'arise' out of more fundamental entities through an [[Emergence|emergence]] process. A property of a system is emergent, if it is not a property of any fundamental element. It is a property of the collection, of the whole system, and arises from the interactions of the individual elements. | + | '''Emergent entities''' are properties, patterns or substances which 'arise' out of more fundamental entities through an [[Emergence|emergence]] process. A property of a system is emergent, if it is not a property of any fundamental element. It is a property of the collection, of the whole system, and arises from the interactions of the individual elements. An emergent property - like a society - consists of the interrelated individuals who compose and have composed it. |
: "Emergent properties are collective properties, which means they are properties of collections, not properties of individual parts. The cause can often be traced back to the interactions between the parts of which a system is made." ~ Raima Larter | : "Emergent properties are collective properties, which means they are properties of collections, not properties of individual parts. The cause can often be traced back to the interactions between the parts of which a system is made." ~ Raima Larter | ||
