Emergence

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[[Image:Classic_View_of_Emergence.png|thumb|300px|The classic view of "emergence"]]
[[Image:Classic_View_of_Emergence.png|thumb|300px|The classic view of "emergence"]]
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'''Emergence''' is a process which describes the appearance of [[Emergent Entity‎|emergent properties]] and phenomena. A property of a system is emergent, if it is not a property of any fundamental element. Composite entities can have properties that can not be found in the parts of the composition. Emergence happens through connections. In other words, emergence happens if "more is different", if there are properties of a group which can not be explained by the properties of the parts, entities and [[Agent|agents]] alone. Russell Standish says in his book '[http://www.hpcoders.com.au/theory-of-nothing.pdf Theory of Nothing]' "Informally, emergence is the notion that something is more than the sum of the parts from which it constructed."
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'''Emergence''' is a process which describes the appearance of [[Emergent Entity‎|emergent properties]] and phenomena. A property of a system is emergent, if it is not a property of any fundamental element. Composite entities can have properties that can not be found in the parts of the composition. Emergence happens through connections and interactions. In other words, emergence happens if "more is different", if there are properties of a group which can not be explained by the properties of the parts, entities and [[Agent|agents]] alone. Russell Standish says in his book '[http://www.hpcoders.com.au/theory-of-nothing.pdf Theory of Nothing]' "Informally, emergence is the notion that something is more than the sum of the parts from which it constructed."
== Introduction ==
== Introduction ==

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