Hi Peter,
I realize that this isn't a forum on emergence. But since you kindly mentioned my paper, I can't resist plugging it a bit. A new draft is available at
http://cs.calstatela.edu/%7Ewiki/images/9/90/Emergence_Explained.pdf. I'd be very interested in any comments.
-- Russ
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California State University, Los Angeles
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Professor, Computer Science
California State University, Los Angeles
o Check out my blog at http://russabbott.blogspot.com/
On 9/30/05, Peter Van Roy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
<stuff on univ>
Peter
PS: I read your draft article on 'Emergence Explained'. It's a very
readable introduction, thanks! After reading this article, I am left
wondering why there is a controversy between functionalism and
reductionism. There are clearly autonomous laws "above" physics,
and just as clearly, everything can be explained (albeit maybe in
a more complicated way) in terms of physics. Why there are
autonomous laws? This seems to be a property of certain kinds
of systems that permit design. Even very simple systems permit
this (like Turing machines), so it is no surprise that the universe
permits it also. Anyway, the article was insightful for me.
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