The Major Transitions in Evolution The Major Transitions in Evolution is a book written by John Maynard Smith and Eörs Szathmáry (Oxford University Press, 1995).[1] This was a seminal publication that continues to contribute to ongoing issues in evolutionary biology.[2][3] Maynard Smith and Szathmáry identified several properties common to the transitions: As stated by the authors,[4] this book was aimed at professional biologists and assumes considerable prior knowledge. They have also published a presentation of their ideas for a general readership under the title The Origins of Life — From the Birth of Life to the Origins of Language.[4] See also[edit] References[edit] Metasystem transition A metasystem transition is the emergence, through evolution, of a higher level of organization or control. The concept of metasystem transition was introduced by the cybernetician Valentin Turchin in his 1970 book "The Phenomenon of Science", and developed among others by Francis Heylighen in the Principia Cybernetica Project. The related notion of evolutionary transition was proposed by the biologists John Maynard Smith and Eörs Szathmáry, in their 1995 book The Major Transitions in Evolution. Another related idea, that systems ("operators") evolve to become more complex by successive closures encapsulating components in a larger whole, is proposed in "The operator theory", developed by Gerard Jagers op Akkerhuis. Turchin has applied the concept of metasystem transition in the domain of computing, via the notion of metacompilation or supercompilation. Evolutionary Quanta[edit] See also[edit] References[edit]
L'énigme de l'émergence - Varia Sciences et Avenir nous gratifie d'un passionnant nouveau numéro hors-série consacré cette fois à l'énigme de l'émergence. Puisque une revue de cette qualité n'a toujours pas de site Web, en voici le sommaire détaillé. Entretiens Entretiens avec Elliot Sober et Lucien Sève. Dossier Hervé Zwirn, Qu'est-ce que l'émergence ? Les rubriques habituelles Janine Guespin-Michel et Camille Ripoll, La dialectique de l'émergence.Pascal Engel, Tout tohu-bohu est-il un capharnaüm ? Contrepoints Roger Balian, Un va-et-vient entre émergence et réductionJean-Paul Delahaye, Le big-bang numérique.Thierry Martin, Le hasard comme condition de l'émergence.Bertrand Hespel, Les figure de la réduction.Bernard Feltz, Autoorganisation et sélection naturelle.Claudine Tiercelin, Le concept d'émergence est-il métaphysique ?
The Emergence of Collective Intelligence | Ledface Blog ~Aristotle When we observe large schools of fish swimming, we might wonder who is choreographing that complex and sophisticated dance, in which thousands of individuals move in harmony as if they knew exactly what to do to produce the collective spectacle. So, what is “Emergence”? School of fishes dancing is an example of “emergence”, a process where new properties, behaviors, or complex patterns results of relatively simple rules and interactions. One can see emergence as some magic phenomena or just as a surprising result caused by the current inability of our reductionist mind to understand complex patterns. Whichever way we think, examples of emerging behaviors are abundant in nature, science, and society and are are just a fact of life. Humans can do it too We humans have even built artificial environments that allow for collective intelligence to express itself. Each and every actor in the financial markets has no significant control over or awareness of its inputs.
Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies Pourquoi s’intéresser à la Pratique de l’Émergence ? | Christine Koehler La pratique de l’émergence donne à l’entreprise une capacité permanente à se renouveler. Développé aux USA pour étudier les systèmes humains complexes, on lui doit le succès formidable de la Silicon Valley et des entreprises qui fonctionnent en système ouvert. Que l’on soit agent, responsable, ou accompagnateur de changement en entreprise, l’émergence doit nous intéresser en premier chef. Car elle nous donne un moyen pour intégrer le changement de façon organique. Nous employons volontiers un terme issu de la biologie, car l’émergence ne peut fonctionner qu’à partir d’un nouveau paradigme fondé sur une conception de l’entreprise en tant que système humain, donc vivant. La Théorie de l’Émergence C’est aux USA, depuis les années cinquante, que l’Institut Santa Fé a développé la théorie de l’émergence. Le phénomène de l’émergence a été observé dans les domaines physiques, biologiques, écologiques puis socio-économiques. La Silicon Valley : Une Culture de l’Émergence. Conditions de l’Émergence
About Demystifying the Past, Unraveling the Present and Anticipating the Future ! Emergent-Culture.com is structured to help provide a clear, coherent and engaging “big picture” assessment of the Planetary – Human Condition. The Emergent-Culture platform is designed to inform, instigate and motivate solution oriented collaboration on the issues deemed hazardous to culture(s) and the planetary ecology we are part of. A new culture is yearning to be born. A culture based on values that will carry us forward into a world fraught with increasing challenges. There are however a few great obstacles in the way of this new culture. Those obstacles are the inertia of history, habit, tradition and the leadership agencies who presently hold the reigns of power. The consequences of that inertia are staring us square in the eyes at this very moment as our scientists and concerned citizens sound the alarms of ongoing and impending natural and social catastrophes if we don’t change our ways. What is culture?
List of emerging technologies Agriculture[edit] Biomedical[edit] Displays[edit] Electronics[edit] Energy[edit] IT and communications[edit] Manufacturing[edit] Materials science[edit] Military[edit] Neuroscience[edit] Robotics[edit] Transport[edit] Other[edit] See also[edit] General Disruptive innovation, Industrial Ecology, List of inventors, List of inventions, Sustainable development, Technology readiness level Nano- Molecular manufacturing, Neurotechnology Bioscience Human Connectome Project Ethics Casuistry, Computer ethics, Engineering ethics, Nanoethics, Bioethics, Neuroethics, Roboethics Other Anthropogenics, Machine guidance, Radio frequency identification, National Science Foundation, Virtual reality Transport List of proposed future transport Further reading[edit] IEEE International Conference on Emerging Technologies and Factory Automation, & Fuertes, J. References[edit] External links[edit]
Emerging technologies An emerging technology (as distinguished from a conventional technology) is a field of technology that broaches new territory in some significant way, with new technological developments. Examples of currently emerging technologies include educational technology, information technology, nanotechnology, biotechnology, cognitive science, robotics, and artificial intelligence.[1] New technological fields may result from the technological convergence of different systems evolving towards similar goals. Convergence brings previously separate technologies such as voice (and telephony features), data (and productivity applications) and video together so that they share resources and interact with each other, creating new efficiencies. History of emerging technologies[edit] In the history of technology, emerging technologies[3][4] are contemporary advances and innovation in various fields of technology. Over centuries, innovative methods and new technologies are developed and opened up. General
Emergent Properties First published Tue Sep 24, 2002; substantive revision Tue Feb 28, 2012 Emergence is a notorious philosophical term of art. A variety of theorists have appropriated it for their purposes ever since George Henry Lewes gave it a philosophical sense in his 1875 Problems of Life and Mind. We might roughly characterize the shared meaning thus: emergent entities (properties or substances) ‘arise’ out of more fundamental entities and yet are ‘novel’ or ‘irreducible’ with respect to them. (For example, it is sometimes said that consciousness is an emergent property of the brain.) 1. British emergentists of the late-nineteenth and early-twentieth centuries may not have been the first to embrace emergentist ideas (Caston 1997 provides evidence that Galen was an emergentist), but they were certainly the first to work out a comprehensive emergentist picture. 1.1 J.S. Here is the early exponent of emergentism, J.S. 1.2 C. British Emergentism reaches its zenith with C.D. 1.3 Samuel Alexander