295 | Solo: Emergence and Layers of Reality
Sean Carroll's Mindscape: Science, Society, Philosophy, Culture, Arts, and Ideas
Sean Carroll
4.7 • 4.7K Ratings
🗓️ 11 November 2024
⏱️ 97 minutes
🧾️ Download transcript
Summary
Emergence is a centrally important concept in science and philosophy. Indeed, the existence of higher-level emergent properties helps render the world intelligible to us -- we can sensibly understand the macroscopic world around us without a complete microscopic picture. But there are various different ways in which emergence might happen, and a tendency for definitions of emergence to rely on vague or subjective criteria. Recently Achyuth Parola and I wrote a paper trying to clear up some of these issues: What Emergence Can Possibly Mean. In this solo podcast I discuss the way we suggest to think about emergence, with examples from physics and elsewhere.
Blog post with transcript: https://www.preposterousuniverse.com/podcast/2024/11/11/295-solo-emergence-and-layers-of-reality/
Support Mindscape on Patreon.
Transcript
Click on a timestamp to play from that location
| 0:00.0 | How do I cope with waiting for results? |
| 0:03.1 | It's all I can think about. Is the cancer going to come back? |
| 0:07.7 | I can't sleep. How do I stop worrying? |
| 0:11.0 | We know what goes through your head when you're living with cancer. |
| 0:14.0 | The questions, the anxieties. We understand because we've been there too. |
| 0:18.8 | If you or someone you care about has been diagnosed with cancer, |
| 0:22.3 | McMillan Cancer supports online community can help from day one. |
| 0:26.2 | It's a free, safe, online forum for people with cancer to connect anonymously. |
| 0:31.2 | No question is too big or too small. |
| 0:33.8 | With over 80,000 members, we get it. |
| 0:36.4 | We've been there. |
| 0:37.8 | Whatever you need to ask, we're here. |
| 0:40.3 | To join, search McMillan online community. |
| 0:43.0 | Who can I talk to? |
| 0:44.7 | Can anyone relate to what I'm going through? |
| 0:47.9 | Who else understands what it's like to have cancer? |
| 0:51.5 | Sometimes you don't want to talk about cancer with people you know. |
| 0:55.0 | You just want to talk with someone who knows how you feel. |
| 0:58.1 | Open 24-7, Macmillan Cancer Support's online community is a safe space |
| 1:02.9 | to connect with people who understand what it's like to have cancer. |
| 1:06.9 | It's free to use and anonymous. |
| 1:09.1 | From day one, whatever you need to get off your chest, |
... |
Please login to see the full transcript.
Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Sean Carroll, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.
Generated transcripts are the property of Sean Carroll and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.
Copyright © Tapesearch 2026.