%0 Journal Article %1 Baker:2010 %A Baker, Alan %D 2010 %J Journal of Artificial Societies and Social Simulation %K emergence epistemology methodology simulation %N 1 %P 9 %T Simulation-Based Definitions of Emergence %U http://jasss.soc.surrey.ac.uk/13/1/9.html %V 13 %X One approach to characterizing the elusive notion of emergence is to define that a property is emergent if and only if its presence can be derived but only by simulation. In this paper I investigate the pros and cons of this approach, focusing in particular on whether an appropriately distinct boundary can be drawn between simulation-based and non-simulation-based methods. I also examine the implications of this definition for the epistemological role of emergent properties in prediction and in explanation.

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