Philosophers often understand emergence as a claim about the etiology of a system's properties. An emergent property of a system, in this context, is one that is not a property of any … See more

In physics, emergence is used to describe a property, law, or phenomenon which occurs at macroscopic scales (in space or time) but not at microscopic scales, despite the … See more

Human beings are the basic elements of social systems, which perpetually interact and create, maintain, or untangle mutual social bonds. Social bonds in social systems are perpetually changing in the sense of the ongoing reconfiguration of their structure. An … See more

The bulk conductive response of binary (RC) electrical networks with random arrangements, known as the Universal Dielectric Response (UDR), can be seen as emergent properties of such physical systems. Such arrangements can be used as simple physical … See more

In religion, emergence grounds expressions of religious naturalism and syntheism in which a sense of the sacred is perceived in the workings of entirely naturalistic processes by which more complex forms arise or evolve from simpler forms. Examples … See more

• Abiogenesis – Life arising from non-living matter
• Anthropic principle – Hypothesis about sapient life and the universe
• Connectionism – Cognitive science approach See more

• "Emergence". Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy.
• Zalta, Edward N. (ed.). "Emergent Properties". Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy.
• Emergence at PhilPapers See more