emergent property
1emergent — adjective 1》 in the process of coming into being or prominence; emerging. 2》 Philosophy (of a property) arising as an effect of complex causes and not analysable simply as the sum of their effects. 3》 denoting water plants with leaves and flowers …
2Property dualism — In other words, it is the view that non physical, mental properties (such as beliefs, desires and emotions) adhere in some physical substances (namely brains). Substance dualism, on the other hand, is the view that there exist two kinds of… …
3Mental property — A mental property or a mind property is a property of a/the mind. Mental properties are studied by many sciences and parasciences. Some of these sciences are: psychology, cognitive sciences and recently also systemics. There are three[citation… …
4Emergence — For other uses see Emergence (disambiguation), Emergent, and Emergency. : See also the closely related articles: Spontaneous order and self organization. In philosophy, systems theory and the sciences, emergence is the way complex systems and… …
5complexity — /keuhm plek si tee/, n., pl. complexities for 2. 1. the state or quality of being complex; intricacy: the complexity of urban life. 2. something complex: the complexities of foreign policy. [1715 25; COMPLEX + ITY] * * * ▪ scientific theory… …
6Glossary of systems theory — A glossary of terms as relating to systems theory. [ Because systems language introduces many new terms essential to understanding how a system works, a glossary of many of the significant terms is developed.] NOTOC A* Adaptive capacity: An… …
7List of philosophy topics (D-H) — DDaDai Zhen Pierre d Ailly Jean Le Rond d Alembert John Damascene Damascius John of Damascus Peter Damian Danish philosophy Dante Alighieri Arthur Danto Arthur C. Danto Arthur Coleman Danto dao Daodejing Daoism Daoist philosophy Charles Darwin… …
8Induced gravity — (or Emergent gravity) is an idea in quantum gravity that space time background emerges asa mean field approximation of underlying microscopic degrees of freedom, similar to the fluid mechanics approximation of BEC. The concept was originally… …
9Chinese room — If you can carry on an intelligent conversation using pieces of paper slid under a door, does this imply that someone or something on the other side understands what you are saying? The Chinese room is a thought experiment by John Searle which… …
10Benjamin Libet — (April 12, 1916 July 23, 2007) was a researcher in the physiology department of the University of California, San Francisco, and a pioneering scientist in the field of human consciousness. In 2003, he was the first recipient of the Virtual Nobel… …
