Weak Emergence

Weak emergence is a type of emergence in which the emergent property is reducible to its individual constituents.

This is opposed to strong emergence, in which the emergent property is irreducible to its individual constituents.

Famous quotes containing the words weak and/or emergence:

    “Trade and the streets ensnare us,
    Our bodies are weak and worn;
    We plot and corrupt each other,
    And we despoil the unborn.”
    —Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)

    “Much more frequent in Hollywood than the emergence of Cinderella is her sudden vanishing. At our party, even in those glowing days, the clock was always striking twelve for someone at the height of greatness; and there was never a prince to fetch her back to the happy scene.”
    —Ben Hecht (1893–1964)