The dual role of 'emergence' in the philosophy of mind and in cognitive science

Synthese

Volumn 151, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 485-498

  Stephan, Achim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSNABRÜCK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Artifical life; Connectionism; Emergence; Qualia; Reductive explanation; Robotics

Indexed keywords

EID: 33748291535     PISSN: 00397857     EISSN: 15730964     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11229-006-9019-y     Document Type: Article

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