Have you ever thought about something as being “more than the sum of its parts”? If so, you’ve probably – knowingly or unknowingly – considered the concept of emergent properties. Emergent properties are those properties of a collective system that are not held by any of the members of that system alone. A commonly citedContinue reading “A socratic investigation of entities and emergent properties with a brief descent in to madness”
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Beyond the renaissance: The modern polymath
The term renaissance man embodies an ideal born from a specific set of philosophical thoughts with their roots in the 14th century but coming more to fruition during the mid to late renaissance of the 16th and 17th centuries. The ideal is based on the concept that human knowledge is – at least in practical terms – limitlessContinue reading “Beyond the renaissance: The modern polymath”
What is Consciousness?
The study of consciousness is fascinating in that there are so many different places you can start and so many different disciplines you can employ: neuroscience, informatics, philosophy, and many more. The most obvious and basic question is the one that is hardest to answer. It may in fact be unanswerable by its nature, but thatContinue reading “What is Consciousness?”
Lost in Translation: The meaning of what we say
The purpose of words is to convey meaning, and therefore it stands that all words have meanings that are commonly agreed upon by those who speak the language and know/use those words. Knowledge of any language – even your native tongue – is never truly complete. There are for example many cases where domain specific wordsContinue reading “Lost in Translation: The meaning of what we say”
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