Computational Modeling
Fall 2008

For today, you should:

1) work on Chapter 8

Today:

1) work on Chapter 8

For next time you should:

1) work on Chapter 8, aim to finish Dec 2

2) read about emergence (questions below)

3) take a swappy book, or the book you bought, on the plane


Emergence reading questions
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Start at en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emergence and seek additional
sources as needed.

1) According to Goldstein's definition, what are the characteristics
   of a system that demonstrates emergence?

   For each characteristic, can you give an example from one of the
   systems we have studied?

2) What is downward causation?

3) What are the differences between weak and strong emergence?
   How does this distinction relate to our previous philosophic
   discussions?

4) What is etiology, and what etiological claim does strong
   emergence make?

5) How many different characteristics of emergence are implied in
   this article?

Novelty, causation, predictability, intent, self-organization,
evolution (increasing order),