PIRSA:11100062

Why is More Different?

APA

Morrison, M. (2011). Why is More Different?. Perimeter Institute. https://pirsa.org/11100062

MLA

Morrison, Margaret. Why is More Different?. Perimeter Institute, Oct. 28, 2011, https://pirsa.org/11100062

BibTex

          @misc{ pirsa_PIRSA:11100062,
            doi = {10.48660/11100062},
            url = {https://pirsa.org/11100062},
            author = {Morrison, Margaret},
            keywords = {},
            language = {en},
            title = {Why is More Different?},
            publisher = {Perimeter Institute},
            year = {2011},
            month = {oct},
            note = {PIRSA:11100062 see, \url{https://pirsa.org}}
          }
          

Margaret Morrison University of Toronto

Abstract

Emergent phenomena are typically described as those that cannot be reduced, explained nor predicted from their microphysical base. However, this characterization can be fully satisfied on purely epistemological grounds, leaving open the possibility that emergence may simply point to a gap in our knowledge of these phenomena. By contrast, Anderson