Synchronic vs. diachronic emergence: a reappraisal

European Journal for Philosophy of Science 5 (1):31-54 (2015)
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In this paper, I put forward a benchmark account of emergence in terms of non-explainability and explicate the relationship that exists between its synchronic and diachronic declinations. I develop an argument whose conclusion is that emergence is essentially a “two-faceted” notion, i.e. it always encapsulates both synchronic and diachronic dimensions. I then compare this account with alternative recent accounts of emergence that define the concept through the notion of unpredictability or topological non-equivalence

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Olivier Sartenaer
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