emergentism

n. the view that complex phenomena and processes have emergent properties that arise from interactions of the more basic processes that underlie them but cannot be deduced or explained from the nature and logic of these processes. Compare reductionism.

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November 22nd 2024

upper threshold

the maximum intensity of a stimulus that can be perceived without pain.