Hi Russ. Could you say a bit more than just "read the article"?
For example, I'm not sure we're directly concerned with reductionism.
I see the connection, certainly, but defining emergence clearly,
offering a theorem based structure, classifying types of
emergence, ... is a big deal and it'd be nice to have a hint at your
approach before plowing through 9501 words of text!
-- Owen
On Apr 28, 2009, at 11:45 PM, 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." (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
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