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'''Emergent entities''' are properties 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. Although they arise out of more fundamental items, they are 'novel' or 'irreducible' with respect to them. This is the paradox of emergence. | '''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. Although they arise out of more fundamental items, they are 'novel' or 'irreducible' with respect to them. This is the paradox of emergence. | ||
== Links == | == Links == | ||
* [http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/properties-emergent/ Emergent Properties] at SEP | * [http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/properties-emergent/ Emergent Properties] at SEP | ||
Revision as of 09:54, 7 December 2008
Emergent entities are properties, patterns or substances which 'arise' out of more fundamental entities through an emergence process. A property of a system is emergent, if it is not a property of any fundamental element. Although they arise out of more fundamental items, they are 'novel' or 'irreducible' with respect to them. This is the paradox of emergence.
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- Emergent Properties at SEP
