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Many fields accept emergence. Physics and biology the most, others partially.
Major Thinkers on Emergence and Complex Systems
We should abandon disciplinary-only thinking, but not disciplines themselves
| Thinker | Field | Key Contribution to Emergence | Notable Work |
|---|---|---|---|
| Philip W. Anderson | Condensed Matter Physics | Introduced the idea that higher levels of complexity exhibit new laws | More Is Different |
| Stuart Kauffman | Complexity Biology | Self-organization and autocatalytic sets | At Home in the Universe |
| Murray Gell-Mann | Physics / Complexity Science | Founder of complexity science at Santa Fe Institute | The Quark and the Jaguar |
| John H. Holland | Complex Adaptive Systems | Genetic algorithms and adaptive systems | Hidden Order |
| W. Brian Arthur | Economics | Increasing returns and complexity economics | The Nature of Technology |
| Eric Beinhocker | Complexity Economics | Economic systems as evolutionary processes | The Origin of Wealth |
| Herbert A. Simon | Cognitive Science / Economics | Hierarchical complexity and bounded rationality | The Sciences of the Artificial |
| Ilya Prigogine | Thermodynamics | Dissipative structures and far-from-equilibrium systems | Order Out of Chaos |
| Per Bak | Statistical Physics | Self-organized criticality | How Nature Works |
| Geoffrey West | Complexity Physics | Scaling laws in biology and cities | Scale |
| Steven Strogatz | Nonlinear Dynamics | Synchronization phenomena | Sync |
| Duncan J. Watts | Network Science | Small-world networks and social contagion | Six Degrees |
| Albert-László Barabási | Network Science | Scale-free networks | Linked |
| Yaneer Bar-Yam | Complexity Science | Multiscale systems and complexity policy | Dynamics of Complex Systems |
| Joshua M. Epstein | Agent-Based Modeling | Generative social science | Growing Artificial Societies |
| Robert Axelrod | Political Science / Complexity | Emergence of cooperation | The Evolution of Cooperation |
| Elinor Ostrom | Political Economy | Emergent governance of commons | Governing the Commons |
| David Krakauer | Complexity Biology | Information and evolutionary complexity | Santa Fe Institute research |
| Mark Newman | Network Science | Mathematical structure of networks | Networks: An Introduction |
| Scott E. Page | Complexity Social Science | Diversity and collective intelligence | The Difference |
| Nassim Nicholas Taleb | Complexity / Risk | Nonlinear systems and antifragility | Antifragile |
| Thomas Schelling | Economics / Game Theory | Emergent segregation models | Micromotives and Macrobehavior |
| Brian Goodwin | Theoretical Biology | Self-organization in biological form | How the Leopard Changed Its Spots |
| Karl Friston | Neuroscience | Free energy principle and emergent cognition | Active inference theory |
| Andy Clark | Philosophy / Cognitive Science | Extended mind and emergent cognition | Surfing Uncertainty |
| Jaegwon Kim | Philosophy of Mind | Critiques of strong emergence | Mind in a Physical World |
| David Chalmers | Philosophy | Strong emergence and consciousness debate | The Conscious Mind |
| Manfred Eigen | Biophysics | Self-organization in molecular evolution | Hypercycle theory |
| Cesare Marchesini | Complexity Theory | Mathematical modeling of emergent dynamics | Systems research |
| Simon Levin | Ecology | Emergence in ecosystems and multi-scale systems | Princeton complexity research |