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Emergent usually refers to emergence
Emergence

In philosophy, systems theory and science, emergence is the way complex systems and patterns arise out of a Multiplicity of relatively simple interactions....
, or its belief system emergentism
Emergentism

In philosophy, emergentism is the belief in emergence, particularly as it involves consciousness and the philosophy of mind, and as it contrasts with reductionism....
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Emergent usually refers to emergence
Emergence

In philosophy, systems theory and science, emergence is the way complex systems and patterns arise out of a Multiplicity of relatively simple interactions....
, or its belief system emergentism
Emergentism

In philosophy, emergentism is the belief in emergence, particularly as it involves consciousness and the philosophy of mind, and as it contrasts with reductionism....
.

It may also mean:

  • Emergent (software), Neural Simulation Software
  • Emergent (album)
    Emergent (album)

    Emergent is a the second album by United States of America progressive rock band Gordian Knot ....
    , a 2003 album by Gordian Knot
  • emergent plant
    Emergent plant

    An emergent plant is one which grows in water but which pierces the surface so that it is partially in air. Collectively, such plants are emergent vegetation....
    , a plant which grows in water but which pierces the surface so that it is partially in air
  • emergent evolution
    Emergent evolution

    Emergent evolution is the hypothesis that, in the course of evolution, some entirely new properties, such as life and consciousness, appear at certain critical points, usually because of an unpredictable rearrangement of the already existing entities....
    , an unpredictable rearrangement of the already existing entities
  • emergent viruses
    Emergent Viruses

    An emergent virus is a virus that has adapted and emerged as a new disease/pathogenic strain, with attributes facilitating pathogenicity in a field not normally associated with that virus....
    , the adaptation of a virus to emerge as a new pathogenic strain with a new attribute in a new field not normally associated with that specific virus
  • emergent coastline
    Emergent coastline

    Emergent coastlines are stretches along the coast that have been exposed by the sea due to a relative fall in sea levels. This occurs due to either isostacy or eustacy....
    , a stretch of coast that has been exposed by the sea due to a relative fall in sea levels
  • emergent algorithm
    Emergent algorithm

    An emergent algorithm is an algorithm that has the following characteristics:* it achieves predictable global effects* it does not require global visibility...
    , a self-stabilizing predictable algorithm
  • emergent curriculum
    Emergent curriculum

    Emergent curriculum is a way of planning curriculum based on the student?s interest and passions as well as the teacher?s. To plan an emergent curriculum requires observation, documentation, creative brainstorming, flexibility and patience....
    , curriculum planning based on the EMERGENT student’s interests and passions as well as the teacher’s
  • emergent gameplay
    Emergent gameplay

    Emergent gameplay is the creative use of a video game in ways unexpected by the game designer's original intent. It commonly appears as complex behaviors that emergence from the interaction of simple game mechanisms....
    , the creative use of a game in ways unexpected by the game designer's original intent
  • emergent strategy
    Strategy dynamics

    The word ?dynamics? appears frequently in discussions and writing about strategy, and is used in two distinct, though equally important senses.The dynamics of strategy and performance concerns the ?content? of strategy ? initiatives, choices, policies and decisions adopted in an attempt to improve performance, and the results that arise fro...
    , strategies which originate in the interaction of an organization with its environment
  • emergent democracy
    Emergent democracy

    Emergent democracy is a possible side effect of blogging. The idea is that old media makes societies more aristocratic, since discussions are controlled by whoever controls the media, while blogging, since anyone can do it, turns over control of political discussion to people at large....
  • emergent organisation
    Emergent organisation

    The term emergent organizations first appeared in the late 1990s and was the topic of the Seventh Annual Washington Evolutionary Systems Conference at University of Ghent, Belgium in May, 1999....
  • emergent materialism
    Emergent materialism

    In the philosophy of mind, emergent materialism is a theory which asserts that the mind is an irreducible existent in some sense, albeit not in the sense of being an ontology simple, and that the study of mental event is independent of other sciences....
    , a theory which asserts that the mind is an irreducible existent in some sense
  • Emergent BioSolutions
    Emergent BioSolutions

    Emergent BioSolutions is a multinational biopharmaceutical company headquartered in Rockville, Maryland. Emergent's portfolio of products in development includes preventive and therapeutic products for anthrax and botulism, two top priority bioterrorism agents....
    , a multinational biopharmaceutical company headquartered in Gaithersburg, Maryland, USA
  • Emergent Design
    Emergent Design

    Emergent Design is a phrase coined by David Cavallo to describe a theoretical framework for the implementation of systemic change in education and learning environments....
    , a neologism describing a theoretical framework for the implementation of systemic change in education and learning environments
  • Emerging church
    Emerging Church

    The emerging church is a Christian movement of the late 20th and early 21st century that crosses a number of theological boundaries: participants can be described as Evangelicalism, post-evangelical, Liberal Christianity, post-liberal theology, Charismatic , neocharismatic and post-charismatic....
    , 21st-century Protestant Christian movement
Other uses include:
  • induced gravity
    Induced gravity

    Induced gravity is an idea in quantum gravity that space-time background emerges asa mean field approximation of underlying microscopic degrees of freedom, similar to the fluid mechanics approximation of Bose?Einstein condensate....
    , sometimes referred to as emergent gravity


See also

  • Emergence (disambiguation)
    Emergence (disambiguation)

    Emergence is the process of complex pattern formation from more basic constituent parts.Emergence may also refer to:In literature:...