Epigenetic Theory: How Complexity Shapes Your Mind
Epigenetic Theory in Psychology and Development The Core Definition: Emergence and Complexity Epigenetic Theory, particularly in its philosophical and developmental psychology context, posits that the mind and consciousness develop when living organisms attain a sufficiently high level of biological and neural complexity. This perspective moves beyond simple genetic determinism, arguing that fundamental psychological phenomena are […]
Emergentism: How Simple Parts Build Complex Minds
The view that complex phenomena have mergent properties arising from interactions of more basic processes. EMERGENTISM: “Emergentism arises when a complex process arises from basic processes.”
Emergence: How Simple Parts Create Complex Minds
The Fundamental Nature of Emergence The concept of emergence describes a sophisticated phenomenon where complex structures, patterns, and behaviors materialize from the collective interactions of relatively simple individual components within a larger system. This principle posits that the properties of the whole cannot be fully understood or predicted simply by examining the properties of its […]
Unconventional Computing: Rethinking How the Mind Works
The Unconventional Computing (UNCUS) paradigm has become a rapidly growing field of research in computer science, with applications ranging from artificial intelligence and robotics to bioinformatics and quantum computing. This paper presents an overview of UNCUS, discussing its core concepts, research challenges, and potential applications. UNCUS is an umbrella term for computing approaches that go […]
Supervenience: The Mind-Body Connection Explained
Defining Supervenience in Philosophy Supervenience is a fundamental concept in contemporary philosophy, particularly within metaphysics and the philosophy of mind, describing a specific asymmetric dependency relation between two sets of properties. Formally, a set of properties A supervenes upon a set of properties B if and only if no two things can differ with respect […]