ate words from ideas. I hope he
right, but I am not so sure.
Nicholas Thompson
Emeritus Professor of Ethology and Psychology
Clark University
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> *From:* Friam *On Behalf Of *Eric Charles
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From: Friam On Behalf Of Eric Charles
Sent: Monday, November 2, 2020 4:35 PM
To: The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group
Subject: Re: [FRIAM] Emergence and Downward Causation
Jochen, At a first pass I don't think I dis
self. IMHO language in written or spoken form is the key to
> causation.
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> Or would you disagree? As a psychologist you know better than me how the
> mind works.
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> -J.
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> ---- Original message ----
> From: Eric Charles
> Date: 10/30/20 13:5
ty Coffee Group Subject: Re:
[FRIAM] Emergence and Downward Causation Come on man this shit isn't that
hardFirst, you buy into a system of levels. Then something at a higher
level causes something at a lower level. IF you really have a problem with it,
it's because you think the &quo
ets
> which everybody obeys have obviously a strong causal connection to everyone.
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> -J.
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> Original message
> From: thompnicks...@gmail.com
> Date: 10/29/20 20:26 (GMT+01:00)
> To: 'The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group' <
causal connection to everyone.-J.
Original message From: thompnicks...@gmail.com Date: 10/29/20
20:26 (GMT+01:00) To: 'The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group'
Subject: [FRIAM] Emergence and Downward Causation All,
Nobody seems to have the energy for a co
All,
Nobody seems to have the energy for a conversation about emergence right now,
but if we were to, I would hope we would start with saying what we thought
emergence is.
My working definition comes from Wimsatt. He starts by defining aggregativity
as a property of whole which is pret
