One approach to characterizing the elusive notion of emergence is to define that a property is emergent if and only if its presence can be derived but only by simulation. In this paper I investigate the pros and cons of this approach, focusing in particular on whether an appropriately distinct boundary can be drawn between simulation-based and non-simulation-based methods. I also examine the implications of this definition for the epistemological role of emergent properties in prediction and in explanation. © 2009 ICST Institute for Computer Sciences, Social Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering.
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Baker, A. (2009). Emergence and simulation. In Lecture Notes of the Institute for Computer Sciences, Social-Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering (Vol. 5 LNICST, pp. 1984–1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-02469-6_75
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