COMPLEXITY AND EMERGENCE

COMPLEXITY AND EMERGENCE
Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the International Academy of the Philosophy of Science

Bergamo, Italy, 9 - 13 May 2001

CONTENTS

FRONT MATTER	i
PART I THE NOTIONS OF COMPLEXITY AND EMERGENCE
What is Complexity? Evandro Agazzi	3
On Levels and Types of Complexity and Emergence Hans Lenk and Achim Stephan	13
Formal Metatheoretical Criteria of Complexity and Emergence C. Ulises Moulines	29
Beyond Reductionism and Holism: The Approach of Synergetics Bernulf Kanitscheider	39
Kolmogorov Complexity Jesús Mosterín	45
Modèles de structures émergentes dans les systèmes complexes Jean Petitot	57
PART II COMPLEXITY AND EMERGENCE IN NATURAL SCIENCE
Emergence in Physics: the Case of Classical Physics Roland Omnès	75
Classical Properties in a Quantum-Mechanical World Alberto Cordero	87
Reduction, Integration, Emergence and Complexity in Biological Networks Jacques Ricard	101
PART III THE EMERGENCE OF THE MIND
Complexity and the Emergence of Meaning: Toward a Semiophysics F. Tito Arecchi	115
Complexity and the Emergence of Intentionality: Some Misconceptions Mario Casartelli	147
Can Supervenience Save the Mental? Luisa Montecucco	161
From Complexity Levels to the Separate Soul Giuseppe Del Re	181
BACK MATTER	205
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