Varieties of emergence in artificial and natural systems

Zeitschrift fur Naturforschung - Section C Journal of Biosciences

Volumn 53, Issue 7-8, 1998, Pages 639-656

  Stephan, Achim ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KARLSRUHE   (Germany)

^b Hanse Wissenschaftskolleg   (Germany)

^c NONE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Connectionism; Emergence; Qualia; Reduction; Synergetics

Indexed keywords

PHILOSOPHY;

EID: 0031717747     PISSN: 09395075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/znc-1998-7-817     Document Type: Conference Paper

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