Emergence has been a central issue not only in computational models of social systems, but also throughout 20th century sociological theory. In this paper, I first define the key concepts of emergence, downward causation, and bi-directional causation, and I identify these processes in an example of improvised dialog. I then draw on emergentist trends in sociological theory to propose a computational model of collaborative emergence among small groups of improvising agents.
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Keith Sawyer, R. (2000). Simulating Emergence and Downward Causation in Small Groups (pp. 49–67). https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-44561-7_4
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