Synchronic Vs. Diachronic Emergence: A Reappraisal

Sartenaer, Olivier
(2015) European Journal for Philosophy of Science — Vol. 5, n° 1, p. 31-54 (2015)

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In this paper, I put forward a benchmark account of emergence in terms of non-explainability and explicate the relationship that exists between its synchronic and diachronic declinations. I develop an argument whose conclusion is that emergence is essentially a “two-faceted” notion, i.e. it always encapsulates both synchronic and diachronic dimensions. I then compare this account with alternative recent accounts of (diachronic) emergence that define the concept through the notion of unpredictability or topological non-equivalence.
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Sartenaer, O. (2015). Synchronic Vs. Diachronic Emergence: A Reappraisal. European Journal for Philosophy of Science, 5(1), 31-54. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13194-014-0097-2 (Original work published 2015)