Causal Emergence: When Distortions in a Map Obscure the Territory
We provide a critical assessment of the account of causal emergence presented in Erik Hoel’s 2017 article “When the map is better than the territory”. The account integrates causal and information theoretic concepts to explain under what circumstances there can be causal descriptions of a system at...
Main Authors: | Frederick Eberhardt, Lin Lin Lee |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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MDPI AG
2022-03-01
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Series: | Philosophies |
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Online Access: | https://www.mdpi.com/2409-9287/7/2/30 |
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