Emergence and Downward Determination

Volume 15, Issue 3-4, 2008

Foreword

Foreword: Emergence and Downward Determination
pp. 5 - 14 - PDF
Authors: Nino, Charbel; Brier,; Bunnell, P.; Guddemi, P.; Bopry, J.

Articles

• Emergence and Downward Causation in Contemporary Artificial Agents: Implications for their Autonomy and Some Design Guidelines
  pp. 15 - 41
  Authors: Arnellos, Argyris; Spyrou, T.
  Abstract
• Emergence of Autonomy in Contemporary Artificial Agents: Any Novelty?
  pp. 42 - 49
  Authors: Gonzalez, Mari; Pessoa, O.
  Abstract
• Meaning Needs Functional Emergence: Shedding Novel Light onto Difficult Problems
  pp. 50 - 56
  Authors: Arnellos, Argyris; Spyrou, T.; Darzentas, J.
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• Emergence: Process Organization, not Particle Configuration
  pp. 57 - 63
  Authors: Bickhard, Mark
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• Some Remarks on Bickhard and Process Metaphysics
  pp. 64 - 70
  Authors: Queiroz; Merrell, Floyd
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• Some Remarks on Process Metaphysics and Representation
  pp. 71 - 44
  Authors: Bickhard, Mark
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• A Dynamical Account of Emergence
  pp. 75 - 86
  Authors: Collier, John
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• From a Dynamical to a Semiotic Account of Emergence:
  pp. 87 - 96
  Authors: Andrade
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• Dynamics of Emergence
  pp. 97 - 99
  Authors: Collier, John
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• Emergence and Downward Determination in the Natural Sciences
  pp. 101 - 134
  Authors: de Souza Vieira; El-Hani, C.N.
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• Downward Causation Requires Naturalized Constraints: A Comment on Vieira & El-Hani
  pp. 135 - 144
  Authors: Moreno
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• Downward Determination: A Philosophical Step in the Way to a Dynamic Account of Emergence
  pp. 145 - 147
  Authors: de Souza Vieir; El-Hani, C.N.
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Column

A Cybernetic Musing: Five Friends
pp. 163 - 172 - PDF
Authors: Glanville, Ranulph

ASC Pages

Cybernetics’s Reflexive Turns
pp. 173 - 184 - PDF
Authors: Krippendorff, Klaus

Book Review

Biosemiotic Bateson
pp. 183 - 191 - PDF
Authors: Guddemi, Phillip