Taking leave of emergence theory

2021 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Emergence Theory

Improvisation – An emergence theory perspective

2015 ◽  
Vol 23 (3) ◽  
pp. 177-196 ◽  
Author(s):  
Claes Gustafsson ◽  
Marcus Lindahl
Keyword(s):  
Emergence Theory

scholarly journals Ethical Mimesis and Emergence Aesthetics

Humanities ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 102 ◽  
Author(s):  
Josephine Donovan
Keyword(s):  
Green Energy ◽  
Natural Phenomenon ◽  
Aesthetic Theory ◽  
Richard Powers ◽  
Living Matter ◽  
Contemporary Novel ◽  
Emergence Theory ◽  
Theodor Adorno ◽  
Nature Literature ◽  
The Aesthetic

In nature the transformation of dead matter (objects) into living matter endowed with green energy or subjectivity is called emergence. Art itself, I argue, is an emergence phenomenon, enacting and replicating in theme and form emergence in nature. Literature thus conceived is about the emergence of spirit. It depicts forces that suppress spirit and enables the spiritual in nature to find expression. It gives voice to spirit rising. Mimesis is thus reconceived as a replication of the natural phenomenon of emergence, which brings to life what has hitherto been seen as object, dead matter. This article outlines the concept of emergence in current philosophical and scientific theories; examines the aesthetic precursors of emergence theory in certain Frankfurt School theorists, notably Theodor Adorno; and applies emergence aesthetic theory to a contemporary novel, Richard Powers’ The Overstory (2018).

Emergence

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Matthew Croasmun
Keyword(s):  
Systems Biology ◽  
Philosophy Of Science ◽  
Downward Causation ◽  
Feedback Loops ◽  
Emergent Properties ◽  
Middle Ground ◽  
Emergence Theory ◽  
Multiple Levels ◽  
Causal Structures

Emergence theory in philosophy of science is introduced, first in modest terms of the emergent properties exhibited by complex wholes that are not exhibited by their constituent parts. Then, emergence is treated as a trans-ordinal theory that stakes out a middle ground between reductionism and dualism. The tension between supervenience and downward causation is described as the generative dialectic of emergence. The coherence of downward causation is debated and ultimately affirmed on account of the prevalence of downward causation in the sorts of accounts produced by fields like systems biology. Racism is treated as a case study of the sorts of causal feedback loops generated by complex causal structures that operate at multiple levels of hierarchy.

Recent advances in research on the association between consciousness and unconsciousness in China

2019 ◽  
Vol 30 (1) ◽  
pp. 99-120
Author(s):  
Jia Liu ◽  
Yongquan Huo
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Research ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Stimulus Quality ◽  
Experimental Development ◽  
Emergence Theory ◽  
Recent Advances ◽  
Chinese Scholars ◽  
Theoretical Thinking ◽  
Room Model

In recent decades, Chinese scholars have introduced and modified several experimental paradigms for studying consciousness. With the advent of new fields, the paradigms used by Chinese scholars are essentially at the level of those used abroad. More importantly, they have proposed theories of consciousness including the concrete-and-steel model; the model of the interrelationship between consciousness, attention, and stimulus quality; the station monitoring room model; and the emergence theory. These theories have similarities as well as differences with classical theories of consciousness and unconsciousness, and have enriched the theoretical thinking in this field. However, there is still room for considerable theoretical and experimental development of the novel consciousness and unconsciousness research emerging from China; theories must be further developed and additional experimental research conducted in China.

Dynamical Emergence Theory (DET): A Computational Account of Phenomenal Consciousness

2020 ◽  
Vol 30 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-21 ◽  
Author(s):  
Roy Moyal ◽  
Tomer Fekete ◽  
Shimon Edelman
Keyword(s):  
Phenomenal Consciousness ◽  
Emergence Theory

Emergent/See

2012 ◽  
pp. 924-939
Author(s):  
Kathy Sanford ◽  
Liz Merkel
Keyword(s):  
Literacy Practices ◽  
Learning Experience ◽  
School Experiences ◽  
Ethnographic Research ◽  
Social Concern ◽  
Emergence Theory ◽  
Emergent Learning ◽  
The World ◽  
Learning School ◽  
Teachers And Parents

In the fall of 2006 the authors’ ethnographic research study began in a response to increasing social concern regarding adolescent (dis)engagement in school literacy practices. The authors began data collection in a grade 9/10 Information Technology (IT) class wherein students were in the process of creating their own videogames as a way to learn programming. Through observations and interviews with students, teachers and parents, they have begun to consider how knowledge developed through creating video games informs the way young people see and engage in the world. They introduce emergence theory to illuminate how their understandings and skills can be used to provide more meaningful learning experiences in formal learning/school experiences. This chapter will demonstrate how these students were engaged in a powerful, emergent learning experience, and one that is very different to the traditional Eurocentric schooling approach, one often not recognized or understood as credible learning.

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