On Tue, Apr 28, 2009 at 10:45:48PM -0700, Russ Abbott wrote: > Unless you can tell me why I'm wrong, I will continue to claim that I've > solved the problems of emergence and reductionism in "The reductionist blind > spot <http://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/archive/00004540/>." (Yes, it's an > audacious claim.) You are welcome to look elsewhere of course, but that > paper is a significant advance beyond anything in the literature including > Cartwright, Miller/Page, and Bedau and Humphrey's collection. If you > disagree, tell me why. Sometimes it seems to me that people prefer to think > of emergence as mysterious. It's not. > > -- Russ >
Can somebody remind me what are the supposed problems with emergence and reductionism? -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
