The re-emergence of "emergence": A venerable concept in search of a theory

By Peter A. Corning. Complex, 2002

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Subfields: Computational Theory and Mathematics, Environmental Engineering, Management Science and Operations Research

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In Computational Theory and Mathematics

1. Richard Klavans
2. Kevin W. Boyack
3. John Foster
4. J. Stanley Metcalfe
5. Fabio Boschetti
6. William H. Warren Jr.
7. Mikhail Prokopenko
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In Environmental Engineering

1. John Foster
2. J. Stanley Metcalfe
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2. Georgia T Chao
3. Michael T. Braun
4. G. Kuljanin
5. James A Grand
6. John Foster
7. J. Stanley Metcalfe
8. William H. Warren Jr.

Citations in the corpus

• Advancing Multilevel Research Design (2013, background): “…nature of the linkage between lower level entities and higher level collectives in concrete (i.e., physical) and abstract (i.e., social) systems has been theorized by philosophers, psychologists, and sociologists for over a century (Corning, 2002; Katz & Kahn, 1966; Sawyer, 2001).”
• Marginality: Addressing the Root Causes of Extreme Poverty (2011, unknown): “ What  also matters  is  how  people  behave  and  act  in  such  specific  conditions  (Corning 2002).”
• Understanding Well-Being and Optimal Functioning: Applying the Multilevel Personality in Context (MPIC) Model (2011, background): “What does it mean to say a phenomenon or level of organization “emerges” from the level below? This remains a very difficult issue in the philosophy of science, with various distinctions proposed between strong versus weak emergence, synergistic versus combinatorial emergence, and more (Anderson, 19”
• Economic Emergence: an Evolutionary Economic Perspective (2012, background): “In the contemporary lexicon of emergence, they capture ‘weak’ emergence not the ‘strong’ emergence that we associate with, for example, Schumpeterian radical innovation and associated entrepreneurship (see Corning (2002)).”
• The dynamics of perception and action. (2006, background): “By emergent I mean a pattern of behavior that does not reside a priori in the individual components of the system but is a consequence of their interdependence and interaction (Bar-Yam, 2004; Corning, 2002).”
• Identifying emerging topics in science and technology (2014, background): “This is perhaps due to the fact that the term emergence is used in many different ways (Corning, 2002, de Haan, 2006).”
• An information-theoretic primer on complexity, self-organization, and emergence (2009, background): “Attempts to formally address the study of emergence have sprung at regular intervals in the last century or so (for a nice review see Corning [13]), under different names, approaches and motivations, and is currently receiving a new burst of interest.”