Philosophy TV (philostv.com) with Paul Humphreys, Discussion of Emergent Properties in Philosophy and Science

A property is said to be emergent if it arises from but is not reducible to some fundamental property (or set of properties). There is a wide range of properties that might conceivably be emergent; consciousness is the textbook example, which might explain why philosophers of mind are responsible for some of the most fully developed treatments…

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Neuphi presentation

An informal talk on pain and embodiment from Friday, April 18th, 2008 to the neuphi group. http://www.neuphi.com/mp3s/Symons1.mp3 http://www.neuphi.com/mp3s/Symons2.mp3   There are many great talks in their archive at: http://www.neuphi.com/history.html

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