In summary: emergence is sometimes an observation but never an explanation.
not exactly. I’m fond of @ryleah’s contribution: “Emergence as a term doesn’t add a reason for a thing, but it does rule some out.”
Of course. Emergence and reduction are types of explanation, not explanations themselves.
In summary: emergence is sometimes an observation but never an explanation.
not exactly. I’m fond of @ryleah’s contribution: “Emergence as a term doesn’t add a reason for a thing, but it does rule some out.”
Of course. Emergence and reduction are types of explanation, not explanations themselves.