Ritchey, Tom (2014) On a Morphology of Theories of Emergence. Acta Morphologica Generalis, 3 (3). pp. 1-16. ISSN 2001-2241
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Emergence – the notion of novel, unpredictable and irreducible properties developing out of complex organizational entities – is itself a complex, multi-dimensional concept. To date there is no single, generally agreed upon “theory of emergence”, but instead a number of different approaches and perspectives. Neither is there a common conceptual or meta-theoretical framework by which to systematically identify, exemplify and compare different “theories”. Building upon earlier work done by sociologist Kenneth Bailey, this article presents a method for creating such a framework, and outlines the conditions for a collaborative effort in order to carry out such a task. A brief historical and theoretical background is given both to the concept of “emergence” and to the non-quantified modelling method General Morphological Analysis (GMA).
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| Keywords: | Emergence, general morphological analysis, theories of emergence, typology of emergence, modelling theory2014 | ||||||
| Subjects: | General Issues > History of Philosophy of Science General Issues > Laws of Nature General Issues > Reductionism/Holism General Issues > Structure of Theories General Issues > Theory Change |
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| Depositing User: | Dr. Tom Ritchey | ||||||
| Date Deposited: | 09 Dec 2022 14:07 | ||||||
| Last Modified: | 09 Dec 2022 14:07 | ||||||
| Item ID: | 21526 | ||||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | Acta Morphologica Generalis | ||||||
| Publisher: | Swedish Morphological Society | ||||||
| Official URL: | https://www.swemorph.com/amg/pdf/amg-3-3-2014.pdf | ||||||
| Subjects: | General Issues > History of Philosophy of Science General Issues > Laws of Nature General Issues > Reductionism/Holism General Issues > Structure of Theories General Issues > Theory Change |
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| Date: | 2014 | ||||||
| Page Range: | pp. 1-16 | ||||||
| Volume: | 3 | ||||||
| Number: | 3 | ||||||
| ISSN: | 2001-2241 | ||||||
| URI: | https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/21526 |
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