Why conversational equations and emergence (General)

by David Turell , Saturday, March 29, 2014, 22:01 (3674 days ago) @ romansh

David: My definition: An emergent propery is something that appears from a material construction that is not itself material. Life and consciousness are two such examples. 
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> Romansh: So is a pattern an emergent property?
> It appears from a material construction but itself is not material?-I'm just using life and consciousness as examples. The definiion of life has been debated for year. It is a quality of existence created by very complex biochemistry, but each molecule is not alive. Same with neurobiology. Eletrochemical energy and neurons are not conscious, but by the complexity of the brain's network of axons and synapses, we experience consciousness. Neither are material. We experience being alive and conscious. I am more of a dualist.