"emergence." Britannica Concise Encyclopedia. Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc., 2006. Answers.com 07 Feb. 2008. http://www.answers.com/topic/emergence : "In the theory of evolution, the rise of a system that cannot be predicted or explained from antecedent conditions. The British philosopher of science G.H. Lewes (1817 – 78) distinguished between resultants and emergents – phenomena that are predictable from their constituent parts ... and those that are not...In the philosophy of mind, the primary candidates for the status of emergent properties are mental states and events."
