"1. Emergence occurs in systems that are generated. ...

2. The whole is more than the sum of the parts in these generated systems. ...

3. Emergent phenomena in generated systems are, typically, persistent patterns with changing components. Emergent phenomena recall the standing wave that forms in front of a rock in a fast-moving stream, where the water particles are consistently changing though the pattern persists; in this they differ from concrete entities, such as rocks or buildings, that consist of fixed components.

4. The context in which a persistent emergent pattern is embedded determines its function. ...

5. Interactions between persistent patterns add constraints and checks that provide increasing 'competence' as the number of such patterns increases.

6. Persistent patterns often satisfy macrolaws. When a macrolaw can be formulated, the behavior of the whole pattern can be described without recourse to the microlaws. Macrolaws are typically simple relative to the behavior details of its components. ..."

7. Differential persistence is a typical consequence of the laws that generate emergent phenomena. ...

8. Higher-level generating procedures can result from enhanced persistence. ..."

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