{"id":179057,"date":"2023-12-24T20:25:09","date_gmt":"2023-12-25T02:25:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2023\/12\/george-f-r-ellis-what-is-strong-emergence"},"modified":"2023-12-24T20:25:09","modified_gmt":"2023-12-25T02:25:09","slug":"george-f-r-ellis-what-is-strong-emergence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2023\/12\/george-f-r-ellis-what-is-strong-emergence","title":{"rendered":"George F. R. Ellis \u2014 What Is Strong Emergence?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"display: block; margin: 0 auto; width: 100%; aspect-ratio: 4\/3; object-fit: contain;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/wJ7id-sjiuI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope;\n   picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The world works at different levels \u2014 fundamental physics, physics, chemistry, biology, psychology, sociology \u2014 with each level having its own rules and regularities. Here\u2019s the deep question: Ultimately, can what happens at a higher level be explained entirely in terms of what happens at a lower level? If the answer is \u2018No\u2019, if complete explanatory reduction fails, then what else could be going on?\\<br \/> \\<br \/> Free access to Closer to Truth\u2019s library of 5,000 videos: <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/376lkKN\">http:\/\/bit.ly\/376lkKN<\/a>\\<br \/> \\<br \/> Watch more interviews on strong emergence: <a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/3vZsgq4\">https:\/\/bit.ly\/3vZsgq4<\/a>\\<br \/> \\<br \/> George Francis Rayner Ellis is the Emeritus Distinguished Professor of Complex Systems in the Department of Mathematics and Applied Mathematics at the University of Cape Town in South Africa.\\<br \/> \\<br \/> Register for free at <a href=\"http:\/\/CTT.com\">CTT.com<\/a> for subscriber-only exclusives: <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/2GXmFsP\">http:\/\/bit.ly\/2GXmFsP<\/a>\\<br \/> \\<br \/> Closer to Truth presents the world\u2019s greatest thinkers exploring humanity\u2019s deepest questions. Discover fundamental issues of existence. Engage new and diverse ways of thinking. Appreciate intense debates. Share your own opinions. Seek your own answers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The world works at different levels \u2014 fundamental physics, physics, chemistry, biology, psychology, sociology \u2014 with each level having its own rules and regularities. Here\u2019s the deep question: Ultimately, can what happens at a higher level be explained entirely in terms of what happens at a lower level? If the answer is \u2018No\u2019, if complete [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":661,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,19,219],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-179057","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-biological","category-chemistry","category-physics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/179057","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/661"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=179057"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/179057\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=179057"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=179057"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=179057"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}