The re-emergence of emergence, and the causal role of synergy in emergent evolution

Synthese

Volumn 185, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 295-317

  Corning, Peter A ^a,b  

^a Institute for the Study of Complex Systems   (United States)

^b Synergy Farm   (United States)

Author keywords

Emergence; Evolution; Synergy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859102319     PISSN: 00397857     EISSN: 15730964     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11229-010-9726-2     Document Type: Article

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