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question:is-causal-emergence-ontological-or-epistemologicalIs causal emergence ontological or epistemological?
Philosophical debate discussed in §5.2.
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extracted_from(2023) · Bing Yuan · Jiang Zhang · Aobo Lyu · Jiayun Wu +5
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- Causal EmergencegatesCore concept: degree to which an agent exerts unique predictive power on its future; key to cognition at all scales.
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- Core definition from §1.
- Claim by Comolatti & Hoel (2022) endorsed by this survey.
- Quantitative emergence theory based on Markov dynamics and effective information (EI).
- Cross-fertilization claim made in discussion.
- Open problem stated in §5.4.
- Biological and artificial agents share causal emergence as an axis of learning and reorganization.claim0.781Interpretive assertion bridging Levin's biological cognition work with artificial RL; extends 'minds at all scales' thesis.
- Assertion that the correlation between causal emergence and learning constitutes another way biological and artificial intelligences converge.
- Core motivating question addressed by the empirical RL study; identified as major knowledge gap.