On a compatibility between emergentism and reductionism

Journal of Experimental and Theoretical Artificial Intelligence

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 239-245

  Spivey, Michael J ^a   Anderson, Sarah E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Cornell University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; DYNAMICAL SYSTEMS; LINEAR SYSTEMS; NONLINEAR SYSTEMS; SCHRODINGER EQUATION; STATE SPACE METHODS;

COGNITIVE SCIENCES; COHERENT STRUCTURES; COMPUTATIONAL EQUIVALENCE; CONNECTIONISM; ECOLOGICAL PSYCHOLOGY; EMBODIED COGNITION; HUMAN MIND; STATE SPACES; SYMBOLIC DYNAMICS;

DYNAMICS;

EID: 49549124749     PISSN: 0952813X     EISSN: 13623079     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09528130802319193     Document Type: Review

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