EMERGENTISM (Rational)
Charles François (2004). EMERGENTISM (Rational), International Encyclopedia of Systems and Cybernetics, 2(1): 1065.
| Collection | International Encyclopedia of Systems and Cybernetics |
|---|---|
| Year | 2004 |
| Vol. (num.) | 2(1) |
| ID | ◀ 1065 ▶ |
| Object type | Epistemology, ontology or semantics |
- “The philosophy that combines an aknowledgment of emergence with the thesis that emergence is explainable and predictable within bounds” (M. BUNGE, 1979, p.251).
According to BUNGE, this proposal “supersedes both atomism (though not its allegiance to science) and holism (though not its insistence on emergence)” (Ibid).
Predictability “within bounds” has probably its roots in PRIGOGINE's emergence through dissipative structuration and bifurcations in systems far away from equilibrium.