?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Reentrant+emergence&rft.creator=Brown%2C+Dr.++Steven+Ravett&rft.subject=Philosophy+of+Mind&rft.subject=Epistemology&rft.subject=Neuropsychology&rft.description=Emergent+properties+(EPs)+are+not+causally+reducible+to+the+properties+of+a+complex+system%E2%80%99s+elements.+If+a+system%E2%80%99s+properties+cannot+be+reduced+to+those+of+any+of+its+components%2C+then+that+system+is+effectively+a+singular+entity+(SE).+EPs+are+thus+not+properties+of+known+complexes%2C+but+of+SEs.+A+precise+description+of+the+parameters+necessary+to+observe+a+physical+system+as+an+SE+is+thus+necessary+to+establish+under+what+conditions+properties+are+understood+as+emergent.+That+description+is+provided+in+terms+of+the+temporal+dynamics+of+systems+and+their+internal%2Fexternal+interactions.+&rft.contributor=Moser%2C+Dr.++Paul&rft.date=2009-06&rft.type=Journal+(Paginated)&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F6629%2F1%2FBrown-_Reentrant_emergence.pdf&rft.identifier=++Brown%2C+Dr.+Steven+Ravett++(2009)+Reentrant+emergence.++%5BJournal+(Paginated)%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F6629%2F