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--- abstract: 'Emergent properties (EPs) are not causally reducible to the properties of a complex system’s elements. If a system’s properties cannot be reduced to those of any of its components, then that system is effectively a singular entity (SE). EPs are thus not properties of known complexes, 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/external interactions. ' altloc: [] chapter: ~ commentary: ~ commref: ~ confdates: ~ conference: ~ confloc: ~ contact_email: ~ creators_id: - digiravett@mac.com creators_name: - family: Brown given: Steven Ravett honourific: 'Dr. ' lineage: '' date: 2009-06 date_type: published datestamp: 2009-10-15 22:55:28 department: ~ dir: disk0/00/00/66/29 edit_lock_since: ~ edit_lock_until: ~ edit_lock_user: ~ editors_id: - Editor editors_name: - family: Moser given: Paul honourific: 'Dr. ' lineage: '' eprint_status: archive eprintid: 6629 fileinfo: /style/images/fileicons/application_pdf.png;/6629/1/Brown%2D_Reentrant_emergence.pdf full_text_status: public importid: ~ institution: ~ isbn: ~ ispublished: pub issn: ~ item_issues_comment: [] item_issues_count: 0 item_issues_description: [] item_issues_id: [] item_issues_reported_by: [] item_issues_resolved_by: [] item_issues_status: [] item_issues_timestamp: [] item_issues_type: [] keywords: 'emergence; epistemology; philosophy of mind; relaxation time; ' lastmod: 2011-03-11 08:57:25 latitude: ~ longitude: ~ metadata_visibility: show note: ~ number: 3 pagerange: 225-238 pubdom: FALSE publication: American Philosophical Quarterly publisher: ~ refereed: TRUE referencetext: ~ relation_type: [] relation_uri: [] reportno: ~ rev_number: 20 series: ~ source: ~ status_changed: 2009-10-15 22:55:28 subjects: - phil-mind - phil-epist - neuro-psy succeeds: ~ suggestions: 'This is the first in a series of papers. It is intended to set the groundwork for one of the basic ideas in the series, and therefore it is very general in scope. ' sword_depositor: ~ sword_slug: ~ thesistype: ~ title: Reentrant emergence type: journalp userid: 432 volume: 46