Emergence (Evolution)

by George Jelliss , Crewe, Thursday, October 10, 2013, 16:28 (3841 days ago) @ dhw

By coincidence I came across this link on twitter:
http://www.iep.utm.edu/emergenc/-I was interested to note that the term 'emergence' was coined by G. H. Lewes, 
a Victorian writer who seems to have become neglected.-A lot of disagreements about freewill and consciousness etc it seems to me turn on what "I" means. In my view what one is results from (a) the evolution of one's species, (b) the particular genetic make-up one inherits from parents, (c) each individual's physical growth and development, (d) one's personal life experiences, which are held in one's memory, which is not necessarily all in the brain. -In short what I am now is the result of my history. The "I" is not a sort of homunculus in the control room of the brain. It is everything that has gone in to making up one's existence. Even the people you have interacted with and the places you have visited may be considered to form a part of one's self or one's 'extended phenotype'.

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GPJ