Emergence and causality are two fundamental concepts for understanding complex systems. They are interconnected. On one hand, emergence refers to the phenomenon …
“Emergence”, the phenomenon where a complex system displays properties, behaviours, or dynamics not trivially reducible to its constituent elements, is one of the defining properties of …
R Comolatti, E Hoel - arXiv preprint arXiv:2202.01854, 2022 - arxiv.org
Causal emergence is the theory that macroscales can reduce the noise in causal relationships, leading to stronger causes at the macroscale. First identified using the …
The integrated information theory (IIT) is an ambitious theory of consciousness that aims to provide both a neuroscientific and a metaphysical account of consciousness by identifying …
Is information the other face of causation? This issue cannot be clarified without discussing how these both are related to physical laws, logic, computation, networks, bio-signaling, and …
F Eberhardt, LL Lee - Philosophies, 2022 - mdpi.com
We provide a critical assessment of the account of causal emergence presented in Erik Hoel's 2017 article “When the map is better than the territory”. The account integrates causal …
Is information the other face of causation? This issue cannot be clarified without discussing how these both are related to physical laws, logic, computation, networks, bio-signaling, and …