# Emergence **Domain:** Complexity / Systems / Philosophy of Science **Doc Type:** Concept Node **Maturity:** Developing **Related:** [[Complex Adaptive Systems]], [[Distributed Intelligence]], [[Superorganism]], [[Consciousness Emergence]] --- ## Definition **Emergence** describes organized properties or behaviors that arise through interactions among parts and are not usefully explained as the action of any one component alone. ## Evidence Boundary Calling a phenomenon emergent does not explain its mechanism and does not prove consciousness. The corpus must specify the interactions, scale and evidence involved rather than use emergence as a synonym for mystery. ## Backlinks [[Santa Fe Institute]] · [[Complex Adaptive Systems]]